--- title: In a few moments the princess herself appeared, and after the usual… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: In a few moments the princess herself appeared, and after the usual compliments had passed between them, the princess sat down on a sofa, and began to explain to the prince her reasons for not giving him an audience in her own apartments. " Who acts: princess. 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" **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** appear, pass, sit down, begin, explain, not give · **To what, where:** sofa, reasons, prince, audience, own apartments 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), 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:pg128:38:34 # text = In a few moments the princess herself appeared, and after the usual compliments had passed between them, the princess sat down on a sofa, and began to explain to the prince her reasons for not giving him an audience in her own apartments. " 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 nsubj _ _ 8 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | the princess | | | | moment | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect | the princess *not said here* | | | | after the usual compliments | between compliments *= compliment* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between they=Location | | 3 | **sit down** | past | the princess | | | a sofa | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sofa=Location | | 4 | **begin** | past | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | princess's reasons | the prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent reason=Topic to prince=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **give** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | a audience | prince | princess's own apartments | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient audience=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)