--- title: These flattering observations were by no means displeasing to the pr… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: These flattering observations were by no means displeasing to the princess, but as she did not wish to betray her own feelings she merely said, "You are all a set of chatterboxes; go back to bed, and let me sleep." Who acts: flattering observations, princess, You. 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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 (flattering observations, princess, 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:pg128:38:26 # text = These flattering observations were by no means displeasing to the princess, but as she did not wish to betray her own feelings she merely said, "You are all a set of chatterboxes; go back to bed, and let me sleep." 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 flattering flattering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 observations observation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 displeasing displease VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 merely merely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 chatterboxes chatterbox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this flattering observations | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **displease** *not said to happen* | gerund | this flattering observations *not said here* | | | | | to the princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | princess | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **betray** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess's own feelings | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | princess's own feelings *not said here* | | | | merely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent feeling=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a set | | | | of chatterboxes; all *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | | 8 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **sleep** *in a quote* | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)