--- title: The air with which he said these words could have left no doubt on t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The air with which he said these words could have left no doubt on the mind of the princess as to the effect of her charms, and the blush which mounted to her face only increased her beauty. Who acts: air, blush. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/56/) [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/) / 56 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 56 The air with which he said these words could have left no doubt on the mind of the princess as to the effect of her charms, and the blush which mounted to her face only increased her beauty. **Who acts:** air, blush · **What happens:** say, leave, mount, increase, mind, effect · **To what, where:** words, mind, face, beauty, princess, charms · **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 (air, blush), 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:pg128:38:56 # text = The air with which he said these words could have left no doubt on the mind of the princess as to the effect of her charms, and the blush which mounted to her face only increased her beauty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 blush blush NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the air | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | could · perfect · passive | | this words | | the mind of the princess | | as the effect of princess's charms | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme doubt=Attribute | | 3 | **mount** | past | the blush | | | blush's face | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to face=Location | | 4 | **increase** | past | the blush | blush's beauty | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer beauty=Patient | | 5 | **mind** | | | the princess | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **effect** | | | princess's charms | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)