--- title: Emboldened by her beauty and gentleness, I ventured to reply, "Befor… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Emboldened by her beauty and gentleness, I ventured to reply, "Before, madam, I answer your question, allow me to say how grateful I am for this meeting, which is not only a consolation to me in my own heavy sorrow, but may perhaps enable me to render your lot happier," and then I told her who I was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/74/) [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/) / 74 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 8, sentence 74 Emboldened by her beauty and gentleness, I ventured to reply, "Before, madam, I answer your question, allow me to say how grateful I am for this meeting, which is not only a consolation to me in my own heavy sorrow, but may perhaps enable me to render your lot happier," and then I told her who I was, and how I had come there. **Who acts:** I, meeting, me, your, my · **What happens:** embolden, venture, reply, answer, allow, say · **To what, where:** question, me, consolation, own heavy sorrow, madam · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, meeting, me, your), 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:pg128:8:74 # text = Emboldened by her beauty and gentleness, I ventured to reply, "Before, madam, I answer your question, allow me to say how grateful I am for this meeting, which is not only a consolation to me in my own heavy sorrow, but may perhaps enable me to render your lot happier," and then I told her who I was, and how I had come there. 1 Emboldened embolden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gentleness gentleness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 reply reply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 answer answer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 allow allow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 28 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 consolation consolation NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 render render VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:unmarked _ _ 58 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 advmod _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 65 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 iobj _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 64 ccomp _ _ 67 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 74 advmod _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 75 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embolden** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | by madam's beauty and gentleness | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **venture** | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | before madam | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | I | your question | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | | 5 | **allow** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | me | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | for this meeting; grateful *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this meeting | a consolation | me | my own heavy sorrow | | | tree rules | | 9 | **enable** *in a quote* | may | I *not said here* | me | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **render** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | madam | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 12 | **is a** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **come** | past · perfect | I | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **question** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 15 | **sorrow** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)