--- title: The Sultan lost no time in declaring the object of his visit, and le… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan lost no time in declaring the object of his visit, and leading the chief of the dervishes aside, he said to him, "Noble scheik, you have guessed perhaps what I have come to ask you?" Who acts: Sultan, dervish. 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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 (Sultan, dervish), 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:pg128:9:78 # text = The Sultan lost no time in declaring the object of his visit, and leading the chief of the dervishes aside, he said to him, "Noble scheik, you have guessed perhaps what I have come to ask you?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 15 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dervishes dervish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 aside aside ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 scheik scheik NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 guessed guess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 parataxis _ _ 35 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the Sultan | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | the Sultan *not said here* | the object of Sultan's visit | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Attribute | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | dervish *not said here* | the chief of the dervishes | | | | aside *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | dervish | | Sultan | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **guess** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Sultan | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | dervish | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | Sultan | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **visit** | | Sultan | | | | | | nom visit «act 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)