--- title: Now the princess hoped that, by bringing about a meeting between the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Now the princess hoped that, by bringing about a meeting between the prince and her father, the King would be so struck with the young man's distinguished air and fine manners, that he would offer him his daughter to wife. Who acts: princess, King. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/68/) [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/) / 68 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 68 Now the princess hoped that, by bringing about a meeting between the prince and her father, the King would be so struck with the young man's distinguished air and fine manners, that he would offer him his daughter to wife. **Who acts:** princess, King · **What happens:** hope, bring, strike, offer · **To what, where:** that, King, daughter, father 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, King), 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:pg128:38:68 # text = Now the princess hoped that, by bringing about a meeting between the prince and her father, the King would be so struck with the young man's distinguished air and fine manners, that he would offer him his daughter to wife. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 between between ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 distinguished distinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | the princess | that | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | about a meeting between the prince and princess's father | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **strike** | would · passive | | the King | | | | with the young man's distinguished air and fine manners | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with air=Instrument | | 4 | **offer** | would | King | King's daughter | father | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal daughter=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)