--- title: Then Zobeida took her handkerchief and wiped the dog's eyes tenderly… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then Zobeida took her handkerchief and wiped the dog's eyes tenderly, after which she kissed it, then, putting the chain into the porter's hand she said, "Take it back to the closet and bring me the other." Who acts: Zobeida, 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 (Zobeida, 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:pg128:6:96 # text = Then Zobeida took her handkerchief and wiped the dog's eyes tenderly, after which she kissed it, then, putting the chain into the porter's hand she said, "Take it back to the closet and bring me the other." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Zobeida Zobeida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 12 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 closet closet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Zobeida | porter's handkerchief | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **wipe** | past | Zobeida *not said here* | the dog's eyes | | | | tenderly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | | 3 | **kiss** | past | porter | handkerchief | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | | 4 | **put** | gerund | Zobeida *not said here* | the chain | | the porter's hand | then | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent chain=Goal | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | porter | the porter's hand *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hand=Topic | | 6 | **take back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | chain | | the closet | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to closet=Destination | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the other | whip | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination other=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)