--- title: I soon found by watching that they were right, and when I mortally w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I soon found by watching that they were right, and when I mortally wounded a favourite slave of hers for a great crime, she begged that she might build a palace in the garden, where she wept and bewailed him for two years. Who acts: I, changes, story. 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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, changes, story), 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:pg128:5:92 # text = I soon found by watching that they were right, and when I mortally wounded a favourite slave of hers for a great crime, she begged that she might build a palace in the garden, where she wept and bewailed him for two years. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 mortally mortally ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 wounded wound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 bewailed bewail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | changes *= change* | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wound** | past | I | a favourite slave of story | | | | for a great crime; mortally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus slave=Experiencer | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | story | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **build** | might | story | a palace | | the garden | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Product | | 7 | **weep** | past | story | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bewail** | past | story *not said here* | slave | | | year | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/)