--- title: For some time she was too enchanted to speak, and Prince Firouz Scha… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: For some time she was too enchanted to speak, and Prince Firouz Schah took advantage of her silence to explain to her all that had occurred, his despair at watching her disappear before his very eyes, the oath he had sworn to follow her over the world, and his rapture at finally discovering her in t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/11/) [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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/) / 11 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 11 For some time she was too enchanted to speak, and Prince Firouz Schah took advantage of her silence to explain to her all that had occurred, his despair at watching her disappear before his very eyes, the oath he had sworn to follow her over the world, and his rapture at finally discovering her in the palace at Cashmere. **Who acts:** Firouz, that, despair, princess, rapture, Prince · **What happens:** enchant, speak, take, explain, occur, watch · **To what, where:** princess, advantage, despair, oath, world, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Firouz, that, despair, princess), 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:pg128:40:11 # text = For some time she was too enchanted to speak, and Prince Firouz Schah took advantage of her silence to explain to her all that had occurred, his despair at watching her disappear before his very eyes, the oath he had sworn to follow her over the world, and his rapture at finally discovering her in the palace at Cashmere. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Firouz Firouz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 Schah Schah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 16 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 occurred occur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 at at SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 over over ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 rapture rapture NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 55 at at SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 finally finally ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 discovering discover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 acl _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 at at ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Cashmere Cashmere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | past · passive | | princess | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | Firouz Prince | advantage of princess's silence | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Firouz Prince *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **occur** | past · perfect | that | Prince's despair and the oath | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **watch** | gerund | Prince's despair and the oath *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **disappear** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | before Prince's eyes | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **swear** | past · perfect | Firouz | the oath *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **follow** | to-infinitive | Firouz *not said here* | princess | | the world | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme over world=Trajectory | | 10 | **discover** | gerund | Prince's rapture *not said here* | princess | | the palace at Cashmere | | finally *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 11 | **silence** | | princess | | | | | | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **despair** | | Prince | | | | | | nom despair «state intransitive»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)