--- title: The prince took no notice of her behaviour, and approaching quite cl… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The prince took no notice of her behaviour, and approaching quite close, so that his words might be heard by her alone, he said in a low whisper, "Look at me, princess, and you will see that I am no doctor, but the Prince of Persia, who has come to set you free." Who acts: prince, princess, you. 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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, you), 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:pg128:40:9 # text = The prince took no notice of her behaviour, and approaching quite close, so that his words might be heard by her alone, he said in a low whisper, "Look at me, princess, and you will see that I am no doctor, but the Prince of Persia, who has come to set you free." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 quite quite ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 21 mark _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 alone alone ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the prince | no notice of princess's behaviour | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent notice=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | might · passive | princess | Prince's words | | | | alone *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | a low whisper | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | at Prince | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Prince | no doctor | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Prince of Persia | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **set** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Prince of Persia *not said here* | you | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result | | 10 | **notice** | | | princess's behaviour | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **word** | | Prince | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)