--- title: "When I said that it was nothing," said the princess, moved by his w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "When I said that it was nothing," said the princess, moved by his words, "I meant that it was nothing that affected you, although I admit that it is certainly of some importance to me. Who acts: I, confidence, princess, prince. 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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 (I, confidence, princess, prince), 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:pg128:41:69 # text = "When I said that it was nothing," said the princess, moved by his words, "I meant that it was nothing that affected you, although I admit that it is certainly of some importance to me. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 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 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 22 xcomp _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 affected affect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 although although SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 admit admit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | confidence | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **move** | participle | | the princess *not said here* | | | | by prince's words | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by word=Trajectory | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | past | the princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *not said to happen, in a quote* | past | confidence | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **affect** *in a quote* | past | | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 8 | **admit** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | confidence | | the princess *= princess* | | | of some importance; certainly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/)