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title: It is not just that the others should have heard my story and that I… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: It is not just that the others should have heard my story and that I should not hear theirs," and without waiting for permission he seated himself on the end of the sofa occupied by the ladies, whilst the rest crouched on the carpet, and the slaves stood against the wall. Who acts: I, Highness, slav
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 47

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It is not just that the others should have heard my story and that I should not hear theirs," and without waiting for permission he seated himself on the end of the sofa occupied by the ladies, whilst the rest crouched on the carpet, and the slaves stood against the wall.

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**Who acts:** I, Highness, slaves · **What happens:** not be, not hear, wait, seat, occupy, crouch · **To what, where:** care, others, Highness, end, sofa, rest · **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 (I, Highness, slaves), 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:pg128:7:47
# text = It is not just that the others should have heard my story and that I should not hear theirs," and without waiting for permission he seated himself on the end of the sofa occupied by the ladies, whilst the rest crouched on the carpet, and the slaves stood against the wall.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
19	theirs	their	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	seated	seat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
29	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	obj	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
44	crouched	crouch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl	_	_
45	on	on	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nsubj	_	_
52	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
53	against	against	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | should · present · perfect · passive |  | care |  |  |  | hear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | should | I | others *= other* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer their=Stimulus |
| 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for permission; whilst the rest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **seat** *in a quote* | past | Highness | Highness |  |  | on the end of the sofa |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value |
| 5 | **occupy** *in a quote* | participle |  | the sofa *not said here* |  |  |  | by the ladies | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **crouch** *in a quote* | participle |  | the rest *not said here* |  | the carpet |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on carpet=Location |
| 7 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | the slaves |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against wall=Location |

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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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