--- title: At the end of the evening the princes once more prostrated themselve… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of the evening the princes once more prostrated themselves before the throne and asked leave to return home; and then, encouraged by the gracious words of farewell uttered by the Sultan, Prince Bahman said: "Sire, may we dare to take the liberty of asking whether you would do us and our s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/) / 73 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 43, sentence 73 At the end of the evening the princes once more prostrated themselves before the throne and asked leave to return home; and then, encouraged by the gracious words of farewell uttered by the Sultan, Prince Bahman said: "Sire, may we dare to take the liberty of asking whether you would do us and our sister the honour of resting for a few minutes at our house the first time the hunt passes that way?" **Who acts:** princes, leave, Bahman, we, liberty, you · **What happens:** prostrate, ask, return, encourage, utter, say · **To what, where:** apartments, end, leave, gracious words, Sire, liberty · **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 (princes, leave, Bahman, we), 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:pg128:43:73 # text = At the end of the evening the princes once more prostrated themselves before the throne and asked leave to return home; and then, encouraged by the gracious words of farewell uttered by the Sultan, Prince Bahman said: "Sire, may we dare to take the liberty of asking whether you would do us and our sister the honour of resting for a few minutes at our house the first time the hunt passes that way?" 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 prostrated prostrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 encouraged encourage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:desc _ _ 39 Bahman Bahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 acl _ _ 54 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 58 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 iobj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 parataxis _ _ 64 of of SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 65 resting rest VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 63 acl _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ _ 70 at at ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 75 amod _ _ 75 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl:unmarked _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 78 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 acl:relcl _ _ 79 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 80 det _ _ 80 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prostrate** | past | the princes | apartments *= apartment* | | | at the end of the evening; before the throne | once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the princes *not said here* | leave | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | leave *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **encourage** | participle | | | | | then | by the gracious words | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | by the Sultan; farewell *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Bahman Prince | the gracious words *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **dare** *in a quote* | may | we | Sire *not said here* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sire=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the liberty | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | the liberty *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | would | you | | us | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality | | 11 | **rest** *in a quote* | gerund | the honour *not said here* | | | our house | minute | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | | 12 | **pass** *in a quote* | present | the hunt | that way | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)