--- title: When the physician's head saw that the poison had taken effect, and… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When the physician's head saw that the poison had taken effect, and that the king had only a few more minutes to live, "Tyrant," it cried, "see how cruelty and injustice are punished." Who acts: head, poison, king. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head, poison, king), 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:pg128:4:107 # text = When the physician's head saw that the poison had taken effect, and that the king had only a few more minutes to live, "Tyrant," it cried, "see how cruelty and injustice are punished." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 23 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Tyrant tyrant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 37 cruelty cruelty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 injustice injustice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the physician's head | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect | the poison | effect | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | the king | Tyrant | | | minute | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | poison | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **punish** *in a quote* | present · passive | | cruelty and injustice | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)