--- title: Indeed, though they grew louder and more insulting the higher she cl… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, though they grew louder and more insulting the higher she climbed, the princess only laughed, and said to herself that she certainly would not let a few rough words stand between her and the goal. Who acts: echoes, princess, few rough words. 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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 (echoes, princess, few rough words), 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:pg128:42:81 # text = Indeed, though they grew louder and more insulting the higher she climbed, the princess only laughed, and said to herself that she certainly would not let a few rough words stand between her and the goal. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 insulting insult VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 xcomp _ _ 35 between between ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | echoes *= echo* | | | | | indeed, loud *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **insult** | gerund | echoes *= echo* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **climb** | past | princess | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **laugh** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | echoes *= echo* *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **let** | would | princess | | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | present | a few rough words | | | | | between princess | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between she=Location | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)