--- title: Oh, let him alone," sneered another, and this was the most trying of… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, let him alone," sneered another, and this was the most trying of all, "he is such a beautiful young man; I am sure the bird and the cage must have been kept for him." Who acts: you, this, imbecile, I. 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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 (you, this, imbecile, I), 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:pg128:42:34 # text = Oh, let him alone," sneered another, and this was the most trying of all, "he is such a beautiful young man; I am sure the bird and the cage must have been kept for him." 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sneered sneer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj:outer _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 23 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | imbecile | | | | alone *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **sneer** *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* | another | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme | | 3 | **try** *in a quote* | past · progressive | this | | | | | of all | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | imbecile | such beautiful young man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | must · perfect · passive | | the cage | | | | for imbecile | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)