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title: But the vizir, wiser than his master, wished to conceal from the pub… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: But the vizir, wiser than his master, wished to conceal from the public the affront they had received, and merely answered, "After all, we have only got what we deserved." Who acts: others, we. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7, with its dependency tre
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 31

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But the vizir, wiser than his master, wished to conceal from the public the affront they had received, and merely answered, "After all, we have only got what we deserved."

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**Who acts:** others, we · **What happens:** wish, conceal, receive, answer, get, deserve · **To what, where:** master, affront, public · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:7:31
# text = But the vizir, wiser than his master, wished to conceal from the public the affront they had received, and merely answered, "After all, we have only got what we deserved."
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	wished	wish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	affront	affront	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
26	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	After	after	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	only	only	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	parataxis	_	_
34	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	36	obj	_	_
35	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | participle |  | man's master *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the affront |  | the public |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent affront=Patient from public=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **receive** | past · perfect | others *= other* | the affront *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affront=Theme |
| 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | merely *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we |  |  |  | after all |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **deserve** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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