--- title: We mingled our tears, for the loss of one was the loss of the other,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: We mingled our tears, for the loss of one was the loss of the other, and then I made up my mind that it was my duty to break the solemn oath I had sworn to the prince. Who acts: We, I, grief, my. 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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 (We, I, grief, my), 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:pg128:7:103 # text = We mingled our tears, for the loss of one was the loss of the other, and then I made up my mind that it was my duty to break the solemn oath I had sworn to the prince. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mingled mingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mingle** | past | We | our tears | | | | for the loss | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of the one loss; of the other | tree rules | | 3 | **make up** | past | I | my mind | | | then | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 4 | **is a** | past | grief | my duty | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **break** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the solemn oath | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oath=Patient | | 6 | **swear** | past · perfect | I | the solemn oath *not said here* | | | | to the prince | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality | | 7 | **mind** | | my | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/104/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)