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title: "When the Greek king," said the fisherman to the genius, "had finish… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: "When the Greek king," said the fisherman to the genius, "had finished the story of the parrot, he added to the vizir, "And so, vizir, I shall not listen to you, and I shall take care of the physician, in case I repent as the husband did when he had killed the parrot." Who acts: Greek king, king, vi
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 4, sentence 31

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"When the Greek king," said the fisherman to the genius, "had finished the story of the parrot, he added to the vizir, "And so, vizir, I shall not listen to you, and I shall take care of the physician, in case I repent as the husband did when he had killed the parrot."

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**Who acts:** Greek king, king, vizir, I, husband · **What happens:** say, finish, add, not listen, take, repent · **To what, where:** fisherman, story, you, care, Husband · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 4. 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, I), 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:pg128:4:31
# text = "When the Greek king," said the fisherman to the genius, "had finished the story of the parrot, he added to the vizir, "And so, vizir, I shall not listen to you, and I shall take care of the physician, in case I repent as the husband did when he had killed the parrot."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
32	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
37	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
39	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
47	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	55	mark	_	_
53	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	fixed	_	_
54	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	repent	repent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	parataxis	_	_
56	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
59	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	ccomp	_	_
60	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	63	advmod	_	_
61	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj:pass	_	_
62	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	ccomp	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	46	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Greek king | the fisherman |  |  |  | to the genius | tree rules |
| 2 | **finish** *in a quote* | past · perfect | the Greek king *not said here* | the story of the parrot |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | king |  |  |  |  | to the vizir | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to vizir=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **not** **listen** | shall | vizir |  | you |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to you=Theme |
| 5 | **take** | shall | I | care |  |  |  | of the physician | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of physician=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **repent** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **do** | past | the husband |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive |  | Husband |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer parrot=Result |

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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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