--- title: What the Greek king said excited the vizir's curiosity, and he said… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: What the Greek king said excited the vizir's curiosity, and he said to him, "Sire, I beg your majesty to have the condescension to tell me what the vizir said to King Sindbad." Who acts: Greek king, king, vizir. 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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 (Greek king, king, vizir), 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:pg128:4:15 # text = What the Greek king said excited the vizir's curiosity, and he said to him, "Sire, I beg your majesty to have the condescension to tell me what the vizir said to King Sindbad." 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 condescension condescension NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Greek king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | vizir | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | king | your majesty | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent majesty=Recipient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the condescension | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condescension=Patient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the condescension *not said here* | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the vizir | | King Sindbad | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to sindbad=Recipient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)