--- title: At the sight of the bird, the princess hastened her steps, and witho… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At the sight of the bird, the princess hastened her steps, and without vexing herself at the noise which by this time had grown deafening, she walked straight up to the cage, and seizing it, she said: "Now, my bird, I have got you, and I shall take good care that you do not escape." 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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 (princess, you), 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:pg128:42:83 # text = At the sight of the bird, the princess hastened her steps, and without vexing herself at the noise which by this time had grown deafening, she walked straight up to the cage, and seizing it, she said: "Now, my bird, I have got you, and I shall take good care that you do not escape." 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 15 without without SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 vexing vex VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 17 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 deafening deafen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 straight straight ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten** | past | the princess | princess's steps | | the sight of the bird | | | tree rules | | 2 | **vex** | gerund | princess *not said here* | princess | | the noise | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 3 | **grow** | past · perfect | | the noise | | | time | | tree rules | | 4 | **deafen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **walk** | past | princess | | | the cage | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cage=Destination | | 6 | **seize** | gerund | princess *not said here* | cage | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | princess | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | shall | princess | good care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 10 | **not** **escape** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **sight** | | | the bird | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **step** | | princess | | | | | | nom step «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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)