--- title: The doorkeeper knew the Indian by sight, and was of course aware tha… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The doorkeeper knew the Indian by sight, and was of course aware that nearly three months before he had been thrown into prison by the Sultan; and seeing him at liberty, the man took for granted that he was speaking the truth, and made no difficulty about leading him before the Princess of Bengal; w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/30/) [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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/) / 30 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 30 The doorkeeper knew the Indian by sight, and was of course aware that nearly three months before he had been thrown into prison by the Sultan; and seeing him at liberty, the man took for granted that he was speaking the truth, and made no difficulty about leading him before the Princess of Bengal; while on her side, hearing that he had come from the prince, the lady gladly consented to do what he wished. **Who acts:** doorkeeper, Sultan, man, difficulty · **What happens:** know, be, throw, see, take, grant · **To what, where:** Indian, doorkeeper, prison, Sultan, liberty, truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doorkeeper, Sultan, man, difficulty), 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:pg128:39:30 # text = The doorkeeper knew the Indian by sight, and was of course aware that nearly three months before he had been thrown into prison by the Sultan; and seeing him at liberty, the man took for granted that he was speaking the truth, and made no difficulty about leading him before the Princess of Bengal; while on her side, hearing that he had come from the prince, the lady gladly consented to do what he wished. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doorkeeper doorkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 fixed _ _ 13 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 15 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 18 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 30 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 about about SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 before before ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 while while SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ _ 66 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 65 acl _ _ 70 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 76 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 75 acl _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 79 mark _ _ 79 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 xcomp _ _ 80 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 82 obj _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 82 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the doorkeeper | the Indian | | | | by sight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer indian=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | aware *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **throw** | past · perfect · passive | the Sultan | doorkeeper | | prison | month | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination that=Theme | | 4 | **see** | gerund | | Sultan | | liberty | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** | past | the man | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 6 | **grant** | participle | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Sultan | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | past | the man *not said here* | no difficulty | | Princess's side and hearing | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset difficulty=Product | | 9 | **lead** | gerund | no difficulty *not said here* | Sultan | | | before the Princess of Bengal | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before princess=Destination | | 10 | **come** | past · perfect | Sultan | hearing *not said here* | | | | from the prince and the lady | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hearing=Theme | | 11 | **consent** | participle | | the lady *not said here* | | | | gladly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **wish** | past | Sultan | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)