--- title: "Bird," replied the princess, who was filled with a joy that seemed… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Bird," replied the princess, who was filled with a joy that seemed strange to herself when she thought that the bird had cost her the lives of both her brothers, "bird, let me first thank you for your good will, and then let me ask you where the Golden Water is to be found." Who acts: Bird, joy, pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/89/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/) / 89 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 42, sentence 89 "Bird," replied the princess, who was filled with a joy that seemed strange to herself when she thought that the bird had cost her the lives of both her brothers, "bird, let me first thank you for your good will, and then let me ask you where the Golden Water is to be found." **Who acts:** Bird, joy, princess · **What happens:** reply, fill, seem, think, cost, let · **To what, where:** princess, lives, Bird, you, Golden Water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 42. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bird, joy, princess), 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:pg128:42:89 # text = "Bird," replied the princess, who was filled with a joy that seemed strange to herself when she thought that the bird had cost her the lives of both her brothers, "bird, let me first thank you for your good will, and then let me ask you where the Golden Water is to be found." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obl _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 cost cost VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 both both CCONJ CC _ 34 cc:preconj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 advmod _ _ 42 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 51 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 iobj _ _ 55 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 62 advmod _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Bird | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fill** | past · passive | | the princess | | | | with a joy | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with joy=Instrument | | 3 | **seem** | past | a joy | | princess | | | strange *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | princess | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **cost** | past · perfect | the bird | the lives of princess's brothers and bird | princess | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme she=Beneficiary life=Value | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Bird | | | | first *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Bird | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | Bird *not said here* | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 10 | **find** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Golden Water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)