--- title: He then lost no time in going to the palace, where he obtained an au… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He then lost no time in going to the palace, where he obtained an audience of the chief usher, and while apologising for his boldness in presuming to think that he could cure the princess, where so many others had failed, declared that he had the secret of certain remedies, which had hitherto never --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/81/) [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/) / 81 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 81 He then lost no time in going to the palace, where he obtained an audience of the chief usher, and while apologising for his boldness in presuming to think that he could cure the princess, where so many others had failed, declared that he had the secret of certain remedies, which had hitherto never failed of their effect. **Who acts:** rest, time, many others, certain remedies, others · **What happens:** lose, go, obtain, apologise, presume, think · **To what, where:** palace, audience, princess, secret · **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 (rest, time, many others, certain remedies), 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:pg128:39:81 # text = He then lost no time in going to the palace, where he obtained an audience of the chief usher, and while apologising for his boldness in presuming to think that he could cure the princess, where so many others had failed, declared that he had the secret of certain remedies, which had hitherto never failed of their effect. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 usher usher NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 apologising apologise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 boldness boldness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 in in SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 presuming presume VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 46 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 remedies remedy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 58 hitherto hitherto ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 59 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | rest | | | | then; time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | gerund | no time *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **obtain** | past | rest | a audience of the chief usher | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Theme | | 4 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | gerund | | | | | | for rest's boldness | tree rules | | 5 | **presume** | gerund | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **cure** | could | rest | the princess | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer princess=Source | | 8 | **fail** | past · perfect | many others | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **have** | past | rest | the secret of certain remedies | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient | | 11 | **have** | past | certain remedies | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **not** **fail** | past | certain remedies *not said here* | | | | | of others's effect; hitherto *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **effect** | | others *= other* | | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/80/) - next →: [Opening, part 40, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)