--- title: "But," continued the prince, "having obeyed the voice of my conscien… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "But," continued the prince, "having obeyed the voice of my conscience, I shall count the moments when, with your gracious permission, I may present myself before the King of Bengal, not as a wanderer, but as a prince, to implore the favour of your hand. Who acts: passion, your. 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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 (passion, your), 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:pg128:38:83 # text = "But," continued the prince, "having obeyed the voice of my conscience, I shall count the moments when, with your gracious permission, I may present myself before the King of Bengal, not as a wanderer, but as a prince, to implore the favour of your hand. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 csubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 obeyed obey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 implore implore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | | the prince | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **obey** *in a quote* | participle | | the voice of my conscience | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 4 | **count** *in a quote* | shall | passion | | | | moment | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **present** *in a quote* | may | passion | passion | | | before the King of Bengal and a wanderer | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme | | 6 | **implore** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the favour of your hand | | | | as a prince | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Recipient | | 7 | **permit** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **favour** *in a quote* | | | your hand | | | | | nom favour «feeling 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)