--- title: When she was fully dressed according to her wishes, she sent to know… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When she was fully dressed according to her wishes, she sent to know if the Prince of Persia was awake and ready to receive her, as she desired to present herself before him. Who acts: princess, Prince. 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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 (princess, Prince), 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:pg128:38:31 # text = When she was fully dressed according to her wishes, she sent to know if the Prince of Persia was awake and ready to receive her, as she desired to present herself before him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 fully fully ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · passive | | princess | | | | accord princess's wishes; fully *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Prince of Persia | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | the Prince of Persia *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **receive** | to-infinitive | the Prince of Persia *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **desire** | past | princess | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **present** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess | | | before prince | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 10 | **wish** | | princess | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)