--- title: Disguised like this and concealing about him a box of pearls and dia… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Disguised like this and concealing about him a box of pearls and diamonds he had intended as a present to the princess, he left the house at nightfall, uncertain where he should go, but firmly resolved not to return without her. Who acts: Prince. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/44/) [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/) / 44 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 44 Disguised like this and concealing about him a box of pearls and diamonds he had intended as a present to the princess, he left the house at nightfall, uncertain where he should go, but firmly resolved not to return without her. **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** disguise, conceal, intend, leave, go, resolve · **To what, where:** house, nightfall 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 (Prince), 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:pg128:39:44 # text = Disguised like this and concealing about him a box of pearls and diamonds he had intended as a present to the princess, he left the house at nightfall, uncertain where he should go, but firmly resolved not to return without her. 1 Disguised disguise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 5 concealing conceal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 uncertain uncertain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 without without ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disguise** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | like this | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **conceal** | gerund | | | | | | about Prince | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location | | 3 | **intend** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | as a present to the princess | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Topic as present=Attribute | | 4 | **leave** | past | Prince | the house | | nightfall | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Theme at nightfall=Location | | 5 | **go** | should | Prince | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **resolve** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | firmly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **return** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | without Princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)