--- title: For," she said to herself, "if my appearance was not displeasing to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: For," she said to herself, "if my appearance was not displeasing to the prince when he saw me in the condition I was, how much more will he be struck with me when he beholds me with all my charms." Who acts: princess, appearance. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Open --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/28/) [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/) / 28 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 28 For," she said to herself, "if my appearance was not displeasing to the prince when he saw me in the condition I was, how much more will he be struck with me when he beholds me with all my charms." **Who acts:** princess, appearance · **What happens:** say, not displease, see, strike, behold · **To what, where:** princess, me, condition, appearance · **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 (princess, appearance), 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:pg128:38:28 # text = For," she said to herself, "if my appearance was not displeasing to the prince when he saw me in the condition I was, how much more will he be struck with me when he beholds me with all my charms." 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 displeasing displease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 much much ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 beholds behold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | princess | | princess | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **displease** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | my appearance | | | | | to the prince | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | past | appearance | me | | the condition | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **strike** | future · passive | | appearance | | | | with me | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with i=Instrument | | 5 | **behold** | present | appearance | me | | | | with my charms | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)