--- title: Amina struck a few chords and then broke into a song, which she sang… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Amina struck a few chords and then broke into a song, which she sang with so much ardour that she was quite overcome, and sank gasping on a pile of cushions, tearing open her dress as she did so to give herself some air. Who acts: Amina, song. 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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 (Amina, song), 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:pg128:7:1 # text = Amina struck a few chords and then broke into a song, which she sang with so much ardour that she was quite overcome, and sank gasping on a pile of cushions, tearing open her dress as she did so to give herself some air. 1 Amina Amina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 chords chord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ardour ardour NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 overcome overcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 28 gasping gasp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 tearing tear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ _ 36 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 41 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 45 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 iobj _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | Amina | a few chords | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chord=Patient | | 2 | **break** | past | Amina *not said here* | | | | then | into a song *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into song=Result | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | a song | | | | | with much ardour | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with ardour=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Amina | | | | | overcome *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sink** | past | Amina *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gasp** | gerund | Amina *not said here* | | | a pile of cushions | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tear** | gerund | Amina *not said here* | Amina's open dress | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location dress=Theme | | 8 | **do** | past | Amina | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **give** | to-infinitive | Amina *not said here* | some air | Amina | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient air=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: [Opening, part 6, 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/102/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)