--- title: Although confined in a cage, I was content with my lot, but if I mus… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Although confined in a cage, I was content with my lot, but if I must become a slave, I could not wish for a nobler mistress than one who has shown so much constancy, and from this moment I swear to serve you faithfully. Who acts: 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 (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:pg128:42:86 # text = Although confined in a cage, I was content with my lot, but if I must become a slave, I could not wish for a nobler mistress than one who has shown so much constancy, and from this moment I swear to serve you faithfully. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 nobler noble ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 than than SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 constancy constancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confine** | participle | I *not said here* | | | a cage | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cage=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | I | | | | | with my lot; content *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **become** *a condition, not said to happen* | must | I | a slave | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **not** **wish** | could | I | | | | | for a nobler mistress | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **show** | present · perfect · passive | | one | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient constancy=Topic | | 6 | **swear** | present | I | | | | moment | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | faithfully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Attribute | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)