--- title: The lady laughed, and told him she had not finished yet, but after c… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The lady laughed, and told him she had not finished yet, but after choosing various kinds of scents and spices from a druggist's store, she halted before a magnificent palace, at the door of which she knocked gently. Who acts: lady, porter. 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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 (lady, porter), 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:pg128:6:15 # text = The lady laughed, and told him she had not finished yet, but after choosing various kinds of scents and spices from a druggist's store, she halted before a magnificent palace, at the door of which she knocked gently. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 yet yet ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 15 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 17 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 scents scent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 druggist druggist NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 halted halt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 gently gently ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the lady | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the lady *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **finish** | past · perfect | porter | | | | yet | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **choose** | gerund | porter *not said here* | various kinds of scents and spices | | a druggist's store | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent kind=Theme from store=Source | | 5 | **halt** | past | porter | | | the door | before a magnificent palace | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **knock** | past | porter | | | | | of the door; gently *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient of which=Co-Patient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)