--- title: But he took it in good part, and, drawing three little golden balls… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But he took it in good part, and, drawing three little golden balls from his purse, he held them out to Prince Bahman, saying, "Put these in your bosom and you will not forget a third time, for when you remove your girdle to-night the noise they will make in falling will remind you of my wishes." 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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 (Sultan, you, balls, noise), 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:pg128:43:53 # text = But he took it in good part, and, drawing three little golden balls from his purse, he held them out to Prince Bahman, saying, "Put these in your bosom and you will not forget a third time, for when you remove your girdle to-night the noise they will make in falling will remind you of my wishes." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 Bahman Bahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 32 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 43 amod _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 remove remove VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 falling falling NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 61 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 parataxis _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 iobj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Sultan | thing | | good part | | | tree rules | | 2 | **draw** | gerund | Sultan *not said here* | three little golden balls | | Sultan's purse | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ball=Theme from purse=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **hold out** | past | Sultan | balls *= ball* | Prince | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Sultan *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | these | | your bosom | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Theme in bosom=Destination | | 6 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | time | | tree rules | | 7 | **remove** *in a quote* | present | you | your girdle | | | night | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girdle=Theme | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | future | balls *= ball* | the noise *not said here* | | falling | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 9 | **remind** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | the noise | | you | | | of my wishes | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient of wish=Topic | | 10 | **bosom** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **wish** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom wish «feeling 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)