--- title: During her voyage hither on an enchanted horse, a portion of its enc… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: During her voyage hither on an enchanted horse, a portion of its enchantment has by some means been communicated to her person, and it can only be dissipated by certain perfumes of which I possess the secret. Who acts: portion, certain perfumes, I, princess. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Enterta --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/25/) [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/) / 25 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 25 During her voyage hither on an enchanted horse, a portion of its enchantment has by some means been communicated to her person, and it can only be dissipated by certain perfumes of which I possess the secret. **Who acts:** portion, certain perfumes, I, princess · **What happens:** enchant, have, communicate, dissipate, possess, voyage · **To what, where:** some, person, portion, secret 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 (portion, certain perfumes, I, 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:pg128:40:25 # text = During her voyage hither on an enchanted horse, a portion of its enchantment has by some means been communicated to her person, and it can only be dissipated by certain perfumes of which I possess the secret. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 4 hither hither ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 communicated communicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 dissipated dissipate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 perfumes perfume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | present | a portion of portion's enchantment | | | | during princess's voyage on a enchanted horse | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **communicate** | present · passive | | some | princess's person | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to person=Recipient | | 4 | **dissipate** | can · passive | certain perfumes | portion | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **possess** | present | I | the secret | | | | of certain perfumes | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot secret=Theme | | 6 | **voyage** | | princess | | | | | on a enchanted horse | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent on=obl | | 7 | **enchant** | | portion | | | | | | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)