--- title: When she arrived, she was so thickly veiled that the dervish could n… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When she arrived, she was so thickly veiled that the dervish could not see her face, but he desired a brazier to be held over her head, and laid the seven hairs on the burning coals. Who acts: princess, 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 (princess, 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:pg128:9:83 # text = When she arrived, she was so thickly veiled that the dervish could not see her face, but he desired a brazier to be held over her head, and laid the seven hairs on the burning coals. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 thickly thickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 9 veiled veil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 brazier brazier NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | princess | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | thickly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **veil** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **see** | could | the dervish | princess's face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 5 | **desire** | past | dervish | a brazier | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot brazier=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | to-infinitive · passive | dervish *not said here* | a brazier *not said here* | | princess's head | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: over head=Location | | 7 | **lay** | past | | the seven hairs | | the burning coals | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hair=Theme on coal=Destination | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)