--- title: The first thing the princess did on entering the palace was to send… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The first thing the princess did on entering the palace was to send for the head cook and to order the repast for the Sultan When she had finished she suddenly added, "Besides the dishes I have mentioned there is one that you must prepare expressly for the Sultan, and that no one must touch but your --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/93/) [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/) / 93 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 43, sentence 93 The first thing the princess did on entering the palace was to send for the head cook and to order the repast for the Sultan When she had finished she suddenly added, "Besides the dishes I have mentioned there is one that you must prepare expressly for the Sultan, and that no one must touch but yourself. **Who acts:** princess, first thing, one · **What happens:** do, enter, be, order, finish, add · **To what, where:** first thing, palace, repast, one, yourself · **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 (princess, first thing, one), 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:pg128:43:93 # text = The first thing the princess did on entering the palace was to send for the head cook and to order the repast for the Sultan When she had finished she suddenly added, "Besides the dishes I have mentioned there is one that you must prepare expressly for the Sultan, and that no one must touch but yourself. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 repast repast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Besides besides ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 expressly expressly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 56 det _ _ 56 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the princess | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 2 | **enter** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | for the head cook; send *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **order** | to-infinitive | the first thing *not said here* | the repast | | | | for the Sultan | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent repast=Theme for sultan=Beneficiary | | 5 | **finish** | past · perfect | princess | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mention** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect | princess | | | | | besides the dishes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | one | | there | | | tree rules | | 9 | **prepare** *in a quote* | must | | | | | | for the Sultan; expressly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sultan=Beneficiary | | 10 | **touch** *in a quote* | must | no one | yourself | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)