--- title: "Sire," replied Prince Bahman, "we are sons of your Highness's late… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," replied Prince Bahman, "we are sons of your Highness's late intendant of the gardens, and we live in a house that he built a short time before his death, waiting till an occasion should offer itself to serve your Highness." Who acts: Sire, we, occasion, Prince. 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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 (Sire, we, occasion, Prince), 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:pg128:43:31 # text = "Sire," replied Prince Bahman, "we are sons of your Highness's late intendant of the gardens, and we live in a house that he built a short time before his death, waiting till an occasion should offer itself to serve your Highness." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire 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 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Bahman Bahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 intendant intendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 40 till till SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | Bahman Prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bahman=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | we | sons | | | | of your Highness's late intendant of the gardens | tree rules | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | present | we | | | a house | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 4 | **build** *in a quote* | past | Sire | | | | before Prince's death; time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund | Sire *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **offer** *in a quote* | should | a occasion | occasion | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 7 | **serve** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a occasion *not said here* | your Highness | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent highness=Attribute | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | | Prince | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)