--- title: Prince Perviz at first objected that, being the head of the family,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Perviz at first objected that, being the head of the family, his brother ought not to be allowed to expose himself to danger; but Prince Bahman would hear nothing, and retired to make the needful preparations for his journey. Who acts: Perviz, brother, Bahman. 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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 (Perviz, brother, Bahman), 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:pg128:41:77 # text = Prince Perviz at first objected that, being the head of the family, his brother ought not to be allowed to expose himself to danger; but Prince Bahman would hear nothing, and retired to make the needful preparations for his journey. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Perviz Perviz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obl _ _ 5 objected object VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 expose expose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:desc _ _ 30 Bahman Bahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 needful needful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **object** *speech: other* | participle | Perviz Prince | that | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | | the head | | | | of the family | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **allow** | ought · passive | | Perviz's brother | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **expose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Perviz's brother *not said here* | Perviz | danger | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to danger=Recipient | | 5 | **hear** | would | Bahman Prince | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **retire** | participle | | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the needful preparations | | | | for Perviz's journey | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent preparation=Product for journey=Asset | | 8 | **journey** | | Perviz | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/)