--- title: The boy had too much sense to order him to be hanged, and looked at… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The boy had too much sense to order him to be hanged, and looked at the Caliph, saying, "Commander of the Faithful, this is not a game now; it is for your Highness to condemn him to death and not for me." Who acts: boy, this, sense. 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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 (boy, this, sense), 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:pg128:37:43 # text = The boy had too much sense to order him to be hanged, and looked at the Caliph, saying, "Commander of the Faithful, this is not a game now; it is for your Highness to condemn him to death and not for me." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Commander Commander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 condemn condemn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the boy | much sense | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **order** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | boy | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **hange** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | past | the boy *not said here* | | | | | at the Caliph | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at caliph=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the boy *not said here* | Commander of the Faithful | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent commander=Topic | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a game | | | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sense | | | | | for your Highness | tree rules | | 8 | **condemn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | boy | | | | to death | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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/pg128/37/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)