--- title: Now the princess whose mercy Prince Firouz Schah implored was the el… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Now the princess whose mercy Prince Firouz Schah implored was the eldest daughter of the King of Bengal, who was enjoying rest and change in the palace her father had built her, at a little distance from the capital. Who acts: mercy, princess, eldest daughter, father. 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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 (mercy, princess, eldest daughter, father), 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:pg128:38:12 # text = Now the princess whose mercy Prince Firouz Schah implored was the eldest daughter of the King of Bengal, who was enjoying rest and change in the palace her father had built her, at a little distance from the capital. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Firouz Firouz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 Schah Schah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 23 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **implore** | past | mercy | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the princess | the eldest daughter | | | | of the King of Bengal | tree rules | | 3 | **enjoy** | past · progressive | the eldest daughter | rest and change | | the palace | | at a little distance from the capital | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus | | 4 | **build** | past · perfect | princess's father | princess | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)