--- title: Had I done so," she said, "we might have been interrupted at any hou… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Had I done so," she said, "we might have been interrupted at any hour by the chief of the eunuchs, who has the right to enter whenever it pleases him, whereas this is forbidden ground. Who acts: I, princess, chief, right. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, par --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/35/) [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/) / 35 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 35 Had I done so," she said, "we might have been interrupted at any hour by the chief of the eunuchs, who has the right to enter whenever it pleases him, whereas this is forbidden ground. **Who acts:** I, princess, chief, right, this · **What happens:** do, say, interrupt, have, enter, please · **To what, where:** we, right, prince · **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 (I, princess, chief, right), 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:pg128:38:35 # text = Had I done so," she said, "we might have been interrupted at any hour by the chief of the eunuchs, who has the right to enter whenever it pleases him, whereas this is forbidden ground. 1 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 eunuchs eunuch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 32 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 forbidden forbidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **interrupt** | might · perfect · passive | the chief of the eunuchs | we | | | hour | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | the chief of the eunuchs | the right | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | | 5 | **enter** | to-infinitive | the chief of the eunuchs *not said here* | the right *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **please** | present | right | prince | | | | whenever *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | present | this | | | | | whereas forbidden ground | tree rules | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)