--- title: The old woman made some objections to so much honour being done her,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The old woman made some objections to so much honour being done her, but the princess refused to listen, and insisted that her guest should take the best seat, and as she thought she must be tired ordered refreshments. Who acts: old woman, princess, guest. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertain --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/45/) [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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/) / 45 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 41, sentence 45 The old woman made some objections to so much honour being done her, but the princess refused to listen, and insisted that her guest should take the best seat, and as she thought she must be tired ordered refreshments. **Who acts:** old woman, princess, guest · **What happens:** make, do, refuse, not listen, insist, take · **To what, where:** objections, much honour, best seat, tired ordered refreshments · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 41. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old woman, princess, guest), 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:pg128:41:45 # text = The old woman made some objections to so much honour being done her, but the princess refused to listen, and insisted that her guest should take the best seat, and as she thought she must be tired ordered refreshments. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 objections objection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 40 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 ordered ordered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 refreshments refreshment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the old woman | some objections | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Product | | 2 | **do** | gerund · passive | | much honour | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **refuse** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **listen** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | should | woman's guest | the best seat | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | princess | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | must | princess | tired ordered refreshments | | | | | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/)