--- title: The Sultan received their excuses with great kindness, and told them… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan received their excuses with great kindness, and told them that he was sure they would be equally faithful to him, and kept them by his side for the rest of the day, to the vexation of the grand-vizir and the rest of the court. Who acts: Sultan, Bahman. 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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, Bahman), 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:pg128:43:67 # text = The Sultan received their excuses with great kindness, and told them that he was sure they would be equally faithful to him, and kept them by his side for the rest of the day, to the vexation of the grand-vizir and the rest of the court. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 excuses excuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 20 equally equally ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | the Sultan | Bahman's excuses | | | | with great kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan *not said here* | | Bahman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | Sultan | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | would | Bahman | | Sultan | | | equally, faithful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** | past | | Bahman | | | | by Sultan's side; for the rest of the day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme by side=Location | | 6 | **excuse** | | Bahman | | | | | | nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **vex** | | | the grand vizir and the rest of the court | | | | | nom vexation «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)