--- title: The prince looked, and beheld the princess reclining on a sofa with… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The prince looked, and beheld the princess reclining on a sofa with tears in her eyes, singing softly to herself a song bewailing her sad destiny, which had deprived her, perhaps for ever, of a being she so tenderly loved. Who acts: prince, princess, song. 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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, princess, song), 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:pg128:40:4 # text = The prince looked, and beheld the princess reclining on a sofa with tears in her eyes, singing softly to herself a song bewailing her sad destiny, which had deprived her, perhaps for ever, of a being she so tenderly loved. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 reclining recline VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 20 softly softly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 bewailing bewail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 deprived deprive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 41 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 tenderly tenderly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **behold** | past | the prince *not said here* | the princess | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 3 | **recline** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | a sofa | | with tears in princess's eyes | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sofa=Location | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the prince *not said here* | a song | princess | | | softly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to herself=Recipient | | 5 | **bewail** | gerund | a song *not said here* | princess's sad destiny | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer destiny=Stimulus | | 6 | **deprive** | past · perfect · passive | | princess's sad destiny | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **love** | gerund · passive | | princess | | | | tenderly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)