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title: The Sultan was transported with delight on learning the result of th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: The Sultan was transported with delight on learning the result of the interview, and his opinion of the doctor's skill was raised still higher when, on the following day, the princess behaved towards him in such a way as to persuade him that her complete cure would not be long delayed. Who acts: pri
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 19

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The Sultan was transported with delight on learning the result of the interview, and his opinion of the doctor's skill was raised still higher when, on the following day, the princess behaved towards him in such a way as to persuade him that her complete cure would not be long delayed.

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**Who acts:** princess, Sultan · **What happens:** transport, learn, raise, follow, behave, persuade · **To what, where:** Sultan, result, opinion, following day, way, interview

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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 (princess, Sultan), 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:pg128:40:19
# text = The Sultan was transported with delight on learning the result of the interview, and his opinion of the doctor's skill was raised still higher when, on the following day, the princess behaved towards him in such a way as to persuade him that her complete cure would not be long delayed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	transported	transport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	interview	interview	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
25	still	still	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	xcomp	_	_
27	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	32	amod	_	_
32	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	behaved	behave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
37	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	42	det:predet	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
43	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	persuade	persuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	acl	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
48	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
49	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
51	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	54	advmod	_	_
53	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	cop	_	_
54	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	delayed	delayed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transport** | past · passive |  | the Sultan |  |  |  | with delight | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund |  | the result of the interview |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Topic |
| 3 | **raise** | past · passive |  | Sultan's opinion of the doctor's skill |  |  | day | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **behave** | past | the princess | the following day *not said here* |  | such way |  | towards Sultan | tree rules |
| 6 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | Sultan |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 7 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **result** |  |  | the interview |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **opine** |  | Sultan | the doctor's skill |  |  |  |  | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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