--- title: The Princess of Bengal was early awakened by the noise, but she did… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess of Bengal was early awakened by the noise, but she did not for one moment imagine that it had anything to do with her, till the Sultan, arriving as soon as she was dressed to inquire after her health, informed her that the trumpet blasts she heard were part of the solemn marriage ceremo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/63/) [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/) / 63 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 63 The Princess of Bengal was early awakened by the noise, but she did not for one moment imagine that it had anything to do with her, till the Sultan, arriving as soon as she was dressed to inquire after her health, informed her that the trumpet blasts she heard were part of the solemn marriage ceremonies, for which he begged her to prepare. **Who acts:** noise, Princess, trumpet, arriving, Sultan · **What happens:** awaken, not imagine, have, do, arrive, dress · **To what, where:** Princess, anything, part 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 (noise, Princess, trumpet, arriving), 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:pg128:39:63 # text = The Princess of Bengal was early awakened by the noise, but she did not for one moment imagine that it had anything to do with her, till the Sultan, arriving as soon as she was dressed to inquire after her health, informed her that the trumpet blasts she heard were part of the solemn marriage ceremonies, for which he begged her to prepare. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 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 aux:pass _ _ 6 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 till till ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 arriving arrive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 csubj _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 informed inform VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 blasts blast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ _ 54 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 obl _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 66 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awaken** | past · passive | the noise | the Princess of Bengal | | | | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **imagine** | past · do-support | Princess | | | | till the Sultan; moment | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | noise | anything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | noise *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | | with Princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **arrive** | gerund | | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dress** | past · passive | | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | after Princess's health | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | | | Princess | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 9 | **blast** | present | the trumpet | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **hear** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is a** | past | arriving | part | | | | of the solemn marriage ceremonies | tree rules | | 12 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Sultan | | Princess | | | for part | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 13 | **prepare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sultan *not said here* | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)