--- title: During dinner he led the conversation to various scientific subjects… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: During dinner he led the conversation to various scientific subjects, and also to history, of which he was especially fond, but whatever topic they might be discussing he found that the views of the young men were always worth listening to. " Who acts: Sultan, topic, views. 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" **Who acts:** Sultan, topic, views · **What happens:** lead, be, discuss, find, listen, view · **To what, where:** conversation, history, young men · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 43. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sultan, topic, views), 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:pg128:43:71 # text = During dinner he led the conversation to various scientific subjects, and also to history, of which he was especially fond, but whatever topic they might be discussing he found that the views of the young men were always worth listening to. " 1 During during ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 scientific scientific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 also also ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 especially especially ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 26 det _ _ 26 topic topic NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 30 discussing discuss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 views view NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 42 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 43 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 csubj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 43 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | Sultan | the conversation | | history | during dinner | to various scientific subjects | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme to history=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | Sultan | | | | | of history; especially, fond *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **discuss** *speech: other* | might · progressive | whatever topic | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | past | Sultan | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the views of the young men | | | | | always, worth *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **listen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **view** | | | the young men | | | | | nom view «cognition 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)