--- title: The accused man admitted that he had kept Ali Cogia's vase in his sh… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The accused man admitted that he had kept Ali Cogia's vase in his shop; but he denied having touched it, and swore that as to what it contained he only knew what Ali Cogia had told him, and called them all to witness the insult that had been put upon him. Who acts: accused man, Ali, vase. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (accused man, Ali, vase), 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:pg128:36:80 # text = The accused man admitted that he had kept Ali Cogia's vase in his shop; but he denied having touched it, and swore that as to what it contained he only knew what Ali Cogia had told him, and called them all to witness the insult that had been put upon him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 admitted admit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 12 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 denied deny VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 nsubj _ _ 21 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 29 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 36 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nmod:unmarked _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 xcomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 xcomp _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | participle | | | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | the accused man | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | man | | Ali's shop | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme vase=Attribute | | 4 | **deny** | past | Ali | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **touch** | past | | vase | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 7 | **swear** | past | | that | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 8 | **contain** | past | vase | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **know** | past | Ali | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Ali | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic | | 11 | **call** | past | the accused man *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 12 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | the insult | | | | upon Ali | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon he=Destination | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/)