--- title: The king, however, thought that it would not cost him much to part f… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The king, however, thought that it would not cost him much to part from the princess in order to gain such a delightful toy, and while he was hesitating as to his answer the prince broke in. Who acts: king, shout, hesitating. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/70/) [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/) / 70 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 70 The king, however, thought that it would not cost him much to part from the princess in order to gain such a delightful toy, and while he was hesitating as to his answer the prince broke in. **Who acts:** king, shout, hesitating · **What happens:** think, not cost, gain, hesitate, answer, break in · **To what, where:** part, king, delightful toy, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (king, shout, hesitating), 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:pg128:37:70 # text = The king, however, thought that it would not cost him much to part from the princess in order to gain such a delightful toy, and while he was hesitating as to his answer the prince broke in. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 much much ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 22 mark _ _ 20 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 fixed _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 23 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 26 det:predet _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 hesitating hesitate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 csubj _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 40 in in ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the king | | | | | however *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **cost** | would | shout | part | king | | | from the princess | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme he=Beneficiary part=Value | | 3 | **gain** | to-infinitive | shout *not said here* | such delightful toy | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme | | 4 | **hesitate** | past · progressive | king | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | king *not said here* | | the prince | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | | 6 | **break in** | past | hesitating | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)