--- title: The Princess of Bengal was too reasonable not to accept the explanat… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess of Bengal was too reasonable not to accept the explanation offered by Prince Firouz Schah, but she was much disturbed at his intention of departing at once, for she feared that, no sooner had he left her, than the impression she had made on him would fade away. Who acts: Princess, inten --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/85/) [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/) / 85 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 85 The Princess of Bengal was too reasonable not to accept the explanation offered by Prince Firouz Schah, but she was much disturbed at his intention of departing at once, for she feared that, no sooner had he left her, than the impression she had made on him would fade away. **Who acts:** Princess, intention, prince, impression · **What happens:** be, not accept, offer, disturb, depart, fear · **To what, where:** explanation, princess, intention, that, impression 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, intention, prince, impression), 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:pg128:38:85 # text = The Princess of Bengal was too reasonable not to accept the explanation offered by Prince Firouz Schah, but she was much disturbed at his intention of departing at once, for she feared that, no sooner had he left her, than the impression she had made on him would fade away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Firouz Firouz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl:agent _ _ 17 Schah Schah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 much much ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 disturbed disturb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 departing depart VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 fade fade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 54 away away ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Princess of Bengal | | | | | reasonable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **accept** | to-infinitive | the Princess of Bengal *not said here* | the explanation | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | participle | | the explanation *not said here* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **disturb** | past · passive | | princess | | prince's intention | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **depart** | gerund | prince's intention *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fear** | past | princess | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **leave** | past | prince | princess | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **make** | past · perfect | impression | the impression *not said here* | | | | on prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impression=Product | | 10 | **fade away** | would | the impression | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **intend** | | prince | | | | | | nom intention «cognition 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)