--- title: And as the prince was about to thank her for her goodness, she added… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: And as the prince was about to thank her for her goodness, she added quickly, "However great may be my curiosity to learn by what means you have travelled here so speedily, I know that you must be faint for want of food, so I shall give orders to my women to take you to one of my chambers, where you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/17/) [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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/) / 17 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 17 And as the prince was about to thank her for her goodness, she added quickly, "However great may be my curiosity to learn by what means you have travelled here so speedily, I know that you must be faint for want of food, so I shall give orders to my women to take you to one of my chambers, where you will be provided with supper, and left to repose." **Who acts:** prince, protection, you · **What happens:** be, thank, add, learn, mean, travell · **To what, where:** protection, great curiosity, orders, women, you, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, protection, you), 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:pg128:38:17 # text = And as the prince was about to thank her for her goodness, she added quickly, "However great may be my curiosity to learn by what means you have travelled here so speedily, I know that you must be faint for want of food, so I shall give orders to my women to take you to one of my chambers, where you will be provided with supper, and left to repose." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 However however ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 by by SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 nsubj _ _ 29 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 33 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 53 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 70 advmod _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl:relcl _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 repose repose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | protection | | | for protection's goodness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for goodness=Attribute | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | protection | | | | | quickly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | may | | my great curiosity | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | protection *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **travell** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | here | | speedily *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | present | protection | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | for want of food; faint *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **give** *in a quote* | shall | protection | orders | my women | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to woman=Recipient | | 11 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | protection *not said here* | you | one of my chambers | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to one=Destination | | 12 | **provide** *in a quote* | future · passive | | you | | | | with supper | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with supper=Theme | | 13 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **repose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **want** *in a quote* | | | food | | | | | nom want «state transitive»: of=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)