--- title: The dervish made a sign that he might do as he liked, and when a few… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The dervish made a sign that he might do as he liked, and when a few inches of his hair and beard had been pruned all round the prince assured the holy man that he would hardly believe how much younger he looked. Who acts: dervish, 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 (dervish, 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:pg128:41:93 # text = The dervish made a sign that he might do as he liked, and when a few inches of his hair and beard had been pruned all round the prince assured the holy man that he would hardly believe how much younger he looked. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 pruned prune VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 round round ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 31 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 41 much much ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 xcomp _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the dervish | a sign | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | | 2 | **do** | might | dervish | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **like** | past | dervish | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **prune** | past · perfect · passive | | a few inches of dervish's hair and beard | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **assure** | past | | the holy man | | | | round the prince; all *property* | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **believe** | would | prince | | | | | hardly, young *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **look** | past | prince | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/)