--- title: The young man's heart beat fast as he listened, for he needed no fur… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The young man's heart beat fast as he listened, for he needed no further proof that her madness was feigned, and that it was love of him which had caused her to resort to this species of trick. Who acts: heart, further proof, madness, love. 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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 (heart, further proof, madness, love), 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:pg128:40:5 # text = The young man's heart beat fast as he listened, for he needed no further proof that her madness was feigned, and that it was love of him which had caused her to resort to this species of trick. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 16 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 feigned feign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 resort resort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | the young man's heart | | | | | fast *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **listen** | past | heart | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **need** | past | heart | no further proof | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme | | 4 | **feign** | past · passive | no further proof *not said here* | princess's madness | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | madness | love | | | | of heart | tree rules | | 6 | **cause** | past · perfect · passive | | love | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **resort** | to-infinitive | love *not said here* | | | | | to this species of trick *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to species=Result | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)