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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 75

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Then he had recourse to the most celebrated physicians in the other large towns, but finding that the task was beyond their science, he finally sent messengers into the other neighbouring states, with a memorandum containing full particulars of the princess's madness, offering at the same time to pay the expenses of any physician who would come and see for himself, and a handsome reward to the one who should cure her.

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**Who acts:** Sultan, task, memorandum, physician, one · **What happens:** have, celebrate, find, be, send, neighbour · **To what, where:** recourse, other large towns, handsome reward, messengers, other neighbouring states, full particulars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Sultan, task, memorandum, physician), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:39:75
# text = Then he had recourse to the most celebrated physicians in the other large towns, but finding that the task was beyond their science, he finally sent messengers into the other neighbouring states, with a memorandum containing full particulars of the princess's madness, offering at the same time to pay the expenses of any physician who would come and see for himself, and a handsome reward to the one who should cure her.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	recourse	recourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	physicians	physician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
29	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
30	into	into	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
33	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	34	amod	_	_
34	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	memorandum	memorandum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
39	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	acl	_	_
40	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	particulars	particular	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	's	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	madness	madness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
49	at	at	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	advcl	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	expenses	expense	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	59	det	_	_
59	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
60	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	62	nsubj	_	_
61	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	acl:relcl	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	conj	_	_
65	for	for	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
69	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
72	to	to	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	_
75	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	77	nsubj	_	_
76	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
77	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	74	acl:relcl	_	_
78	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	77	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Sultan | recourse |  | the other large towns | then | to the celebrated physicians | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient |
| 2 | **celebrate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **find** | gerund | Sultan *not said here* | a handsome reward to the one |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | the task |  |  |  |  | beyond physicians's science | tree rules |
| 5 | **send** | past | Sultan | messengers |  | the other neighbouring states with a memorandum |  | finally *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme |
| 6 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **contain** | gerund | a memorandum *not said here* | full particulars of the princess's madness |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot particular=Theme |
| 8 | **offer** | gerund | Sultan *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **pay** | to-infinitive | Sultan *not said here* | the expenses of any physician |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expense=Asset |
| 10 | **come** | would | any physician |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **see** | infinitive | any physician *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Sultan | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 12 | **cure** | should | the one | Princess |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source |

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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.

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**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.

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