--- title: I tried to turn his thoughts, and presented to him the most beautifu… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I tried to turn his thoughts, and presented to him the most beautiful princesses, but he cared for none of them, and, as you see, they have now been united by a horrible death in an underground tomb." Who acts: I, uncle, you, horrible death. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/) / 3 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 8, sentence 3 I tried to turn his thoughts, and presented to him the most beautiful princesses, but he cared for none of them, and, as you see, they have now been united by a horrible death in an underground tomb." **Who acts:** I, uncle, you, horrible death · **What happens:** try, turn, present, care, see, unite · **To what, where:** thoughts, beautiful princesses, uncle, princesses, underground tomb This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, uncle, you, horrible death), 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:pg128:8:3 # text = I tried to turn his thoughts, and presented to him the most beautiful princesses, but he cared for none of them, and, as you see, they have now been united by a horrible death in an underground tomb." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 19 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 united unite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | I | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **turn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | uncle's thoughts | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 3 | **present** | participle | I *not said here* | the beautiful princesses | uncle | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to he=Recipient | | 4 | **care** | past | uncle | | | | | for none | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for none=Theme | | 5 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **unite** | present · perfect · passive | a horrible death | princesses *= princess* | | a underground tomb | now | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 7 | **think** | | uncle | | | | | | nom thought «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)