--- title: Then he charged the prince, as he valued his life, to take no heed o… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then he charged the prince, as he valued his life, to take no heed of the clamour of voices that would pursue him up the mountain, and handing him a ball from the bag, which still seemed to be half full, he sent him on his way. Who acts: dervish, voices. 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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, voices), 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:pg128:42:55 # text = Then he charged the prince, as he valued his life, to take no heed of the clamour of voices that would pursue him up the mountain, and handing him a ball from the bag, which still seemed to be half full, he sent him on his way. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 valued value VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 clamour clamour NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 31 handing hand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 still still ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 45 advmod _ _ 45 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | past | dervish | the prince | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location prince=Theme | | 2 | **value** | past | dervish | dervish's life | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | dervish *not said here* | no heed of the clamour of voices | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Theme | | 4 | **pursue up** | would | voices | dervish | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hand** | gerund | dervish *not said here* | a ball | dervish | the bag | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination ball=Theme | | 6 | **seem** | past | | the bag | | | still | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | full, half *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | past | dervish | Prince | | dervish's way | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **heed** | | | the clamour of voices | | | | | nom heed «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **clamour** | | voices | | | | | | nom clamour «communication intransitive»: of=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)