--- title: So saying the princess mounted her horse, and, declining to allow ev… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: So saying the princess mounted her horse, and, declining to allow even Prince Bahman to carry the cage with the Talking Bird, she entrusted him with the branch of the Singing Tree, while Prince Perviz took care of the flask containing the Golden Water. Who acts: princess, Perviz, flask. 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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, Perviz, flask), 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:pg128:43:19 # text = So saying the princess mounted her horse, and, declining to allow even Prince Bahman to carry the cage with the Talking Bird, she entrusted him with the branch of the Singing Tree, while Prince Perviz took care of the flask containing the Golden Water. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 declining decline VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Bahman Bahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 iobj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Talking Talking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 entrusted entrust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Singing Singing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:desc _ _ 39 Perviz Perviz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 41 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mount** | past | the princess | princess's horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 3 | **decline** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **allow** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | Bahman Prince | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bahman=Beneficiary | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | the cage | | | | with the Talking Bird | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cage=Theme | | 6 | **entrust** | past | princess | | bird | | | with the branch of the Singing Tree | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with branch=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | Perviz Prince | care | | | | of the flask | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of flask=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **contain** | gerund | the flask *not said here* | the Golden Water | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Theme | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)