--- title: These words made no more impression on the merchant than the others… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: These words made no more impression on the merchant than the others had done; and he spent the whole night in wondering how he could manage to keep the gold if Ali Cogia should come back and claim his vase. Who acts: words, others, other, Ali. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by And --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/) / 43 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 43 These words made no more impression on the merchant than the others had done; and he spent the whole night in wondering how he could manage to keep the gold if Ali Cogia should come back and claim his vase. **Who acts:** words, others, other, Ali · **What happens:** make, do, spend, wonder, manage, keep · **To what, where:** more impression, merchant, gold, vase · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (words, others, other, Ali), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:36:43 # text = These words made no more impression on the merchant than the others had done; and he spent the whole night in wondering how he could manage to keep the gold if Ali Cogia should come back and claim his vase. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 advcl _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | this words | more impression | | the merchant | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset impression=Product | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | the others | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spend** | past | other | | | | night | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | other *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **manage** | could | other | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | other *not said here* | the gold | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 7 | **come back** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | Ali | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **claim** *speech: other* | infinitive | Ali *not said here* | Ali's vase | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vase=Topic | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/)