--- title: The Prince of Persia left the room at the same time, and asked if he… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince of Persia left the room at the same time, and asked if he might be allowed humbly to inquire by what means the Princess of Bengal had reached Cashmere, which was so far distant from her father's kingdom, and how she came to be there alone. Who acts: Prince, Cashmere, princess. 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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 (Prince, Cashmere, 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:pg128:40:22 # text = The Prince of Persia left the room at the same time, and asked if he might be allowed humbly to inquire by what means the Princess of Bengal had reached Cashmere, which was so far distant from her father's kingdom, and how she came to be there alone. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 20 humbly humbly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 by by SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 25 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 32 Cashmere Cashmere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advcl _ _ 52 alone alone ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the Prince of Persia | the room | | | time | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | might · passive | | Prince | | | | humbly *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **reach** | past · perfect · passive | | the Princess of Bengal | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary cashmere=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | Cashmere | | | princess's father's kingdom | | distant, far *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past | princess | | | | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)