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title: The marriage was only delayed just long enough to make the ceremony… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: The marriage was only delayed just long enough to make the ceremony as brilliant as possible, and, as soon as the rejoicings were over, an ambassador was sent to the King of Bengal, to inform him of what had passed, and to ask his approbation of the alliance between the two countries, which he heart
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 39

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The marriage was only delayed just long enough to make the ceremony as brilliant as possible, and, as soon as the rejoicings were over, an ambassador was sent to the King of Bengal, to inform him of what had passed, and to ask his approbation of the alliance between the two countries, which he heartily gave.

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**Who acts:** rejoicings, marriage, Bengal · **What happens:** delay, make, be, send, inform, pass · **To what, where:** marriage, ceremony, ambassador, King, approbation, two countries

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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 (rejoicings, marriage, Bengal), 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:pg128:40:39
# text = The marriage was only delayed just long enough to make the ceremony as brilliant as possible, and, as soon as the rejoicings were over, an ambassador was sent to the King of Bengal, to inform him of what had passed, and to ask his approbation of the alliance between the two countries, which he heartily gave.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	delayed	delay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	as	as	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	as	as	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	39	advmod	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	rejoicings	rejoicing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	over	over	ADV	RB	_	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	obl	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	approbation	approbation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	alliance	alliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
54	between	between	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	57	nummod	_	_
57	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	62	obj	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	heartily	heartily	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delay** | past · passive |  | the marriage |  |  |  | long *property* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the ceremony |  |  |  | brilliant *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ceremony=Product |
| 3 | **is** | past | the rejoicings |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | past · passive |  | a ambassador | the King of Bengal |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination |
| 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | marriage |  |  | soon *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of what=Topic |
| 6 | **pass** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | Bengal's approbation of the alliance between the two countries |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent approbation=Recipient |
| 8 | **give** | past | marriage | the two countries |  |  |  | heartily *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 9 | **approbate** |  | Bengal | the alliance between the two countries |  |  |  |  | nom approbation «feeling 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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