--- title: Contrary to my hopes, the genius seemed interested in my words, and… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Contrary to my hopes, the genius seemed interested in my words, and said he would like to hear the story of the two neighbours; and as I think, madam, it may please you, I will tell it to you also. Who acts: Contrary hopes, hope, I, neighbour. 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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 (Contrary hopes, hope, I, neighbour), 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:pg128:9:44 # text = Contrary to my hopes, the genius seemed interested in my words, and said he would like to hear the story of the two neighbours; and as I think, madam, it may please you, I will tell it to you also. 1 Contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 46 also also ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | my Contrary hopes | | | | | interested *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my Contrary hopes *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **like** | would | hope | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **hear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | hope *not said here* | the story of the two neighbours | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | madam | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **please** | may | neighbour | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | neighbour | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to you=Recipient | | 8 | **hope** | | my | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **word** | | my | | | | | | nom word «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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)