--- title: The horse was not constructed by me, but it was given me by the inve… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The horse was not constructed by me, but it was given me by the inventor, in exchange for my only daughter, who made me take a solemn oath that I would never part with it, except for some object of equal value." Who acts: me, inventor, exchange, solemn oath. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Enterta --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/64/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/) / 64 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 64 The horse was not constructed by me, but it was given me by the inventor, in exchange for my only daughter, who made me take a solemn oath that I would never part with it, except for some object of equal value." **Who acts:** me, inventor, exchange, solemn oath · **What happens:** not construct, give, make, take, not part · **To what, where:** horse, me, exchange, solemn oath This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (me, inventor, exchange, solemn oath), 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:pg128:37:64 # text = The horse was not constructed by me, but it was given me by the inventor, in exchange for my only daughter, who made me take a solemn oath that I would never part with it, except for some object of equal value." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 inventor inventor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 except except ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **construct** | past · passive | me | the horse | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | the inventor | Horse | me | exchange for my only daughter | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient i=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | exchange for my only daughter | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a solemn oath | | | | except some object of equal value | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 5 | **not** **part** | would | a solemn oath | | | | | with Horse | tree rules | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)