--- title: "Prince," returned she as soon as her confusion permitted her to spe… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Prince," returned she as soon as her confusion permitted her to speak, "you have given me the greatest pleasure, and I have followed you closely in all your adventures, and though you are positively sitting before me, I even trembled at your danger in the upper regions of the air! 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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 (Prince, confusion, you, 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:pg128:38:57 # text = "Prince," returned she as soon as her confusion permitted her to speak, "you have given me the greatest pleasure, and I have followed you closely in all your adventures, and though you are positively sitting before me, I even trembled at your danger in the upper regions of the air! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 permitted permit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 closely closely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 38 though though SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 positively positively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ _ 42 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 advcl _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Prince | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **permit** | past | blush's confusion | blush | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | blush's confusion *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | the greatest pleasure | blush's confusion *= confusion* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pleasure=Theme | | 5 | **follow** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | blush's confusion *= confusion* | | your adventures | | closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme you=Attribute | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | positively *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | before blush's confusion *= confusion* | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before i=Location | | 8 | **tremble** *in a quote* | past | blush's confusion *= confusion* | | | your danger | | in the upper regions of the air | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at danger=Location | | 9 | **confuse** | | blush | | | | | | nom confusion «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **adventure** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)