--- title: He then bade me wait an instant, and vanished, returning in a few mo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He then bade me wait an instant, and vanished, returning in a few moments with a richly dressed lady of great beauty, but as he did not tell me her name, I thought it was better not to inquire. Who acts: cousin, I, Madam. 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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 (cousin, I, Madam), 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:pg128:7:60 # text = He then bade me wait an instant, and vanished, returning in a few moments with a richly dressed lady of great beauty, but as he did not tell me her name, I thought it was better not to inquire. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 richly richly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 expl _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 ccomp _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bade** | past | cousin | me | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | cousin *not said here* | a instant | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **vanish** | past | cousin *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **return** | gerund | cousin *not said here* | | | | moment | with a dressed lady of great beauty | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | richly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | cousin | Madam's name | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **name** | | Madam | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)