--- title: I was too much dazzled by her beauty to dream of refusing her offer,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I was too much dazzled by her beauty to dream of refusing her offer, and accordingly the princess had me conducted to the bath, and a rich dress befitting my rank was provided for me. Who acts: beauty, rich dress, guest. 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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 (beauty, rich dress, guest), 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:pg128:8:81 # text = I was too much dazzled by her beauty to dream of refusing her offer, and accordingly the princess had me conducted to the bath, and a rich dress befitting my rank was provided for me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 dazzled dazzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 dream dream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 befitting befit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dazzle** | past · passive | guest's beauty | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **dream** | to-infinitive | guest's beauty *not said here* | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **refuse** | gerund | guest's beauty *not said here* | guest's offer | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme | | 4 | **conduct** | past · perfect | guest's beauty *not said here* | | | the bath | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to bath=Destination | | 5 | **befit** | gerund | a rich dress *not said here* | my rank | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **provide** | past · passive | | a rich dress | | | | for me | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for i=Beneficiary | | 7 | **offer** | | guest | | | | | | nom offer «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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)