--- title: "I thank you, good bird," answered the Sultan, seating himself befor… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "I thank you, good bird," answered the Sultan, seating himself before the repast, which was spread at a table near the window, "and I am enchanted to see in you the Sultan and King of the Birds." Who acts: Sultan. 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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), 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:pg128:44:45 # text = "I thank you, good bird," answered the Sultan, seating himself before the repast, which was spread at a table near the window, "and I am enchanted to see in you the Sultan and King of the Birds." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 seating seat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 repast repast NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 near near ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | the Sultan *= sultan* | good bird | you | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seat** | gerund | the Sultan *not said here* | Sultan | | | before the repast | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | | 4 | **spread** | past · passive | | the repast | | a table near the window | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at table=Destination | | 5 | **enchant** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the Sultan and King | | | | in you; of the Birds | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sultan=Stimulus | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/)