--- title: But one afternoon, when I was half asleep, and was being fanned by t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But one afternoon, when I was half asleep, and was being fanned by two of her maids, I heard one say to the other, "What a pity it is that our mistress no longer loves our master! Who acts: I, one, pity, mistress. 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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 (I, one, pity, mistress), 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:pg128:5:90 # text = But one afternoon, when I was half asleep, and was being fanned by two of her maids, I heard one say to the other, "What a pity it is that our mistress no longer loves our master! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 9 advmod _ _ 9 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 fanned fan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ _ 38 no no ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | | asleep, half *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fan** | past · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | by two of story's maids | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | one | | the other | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a pity | our mistress | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | present | our mistress *not said here* | our master | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer master=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/)