--- title: But he did not hold it for long, for the Sultan fell a victim to an… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But he did not hold it for long, for the Sultan fell a victim to an attack of illness, and as he had no sons, the soldiers and priests declared the dervish heir to the throne, to the great joy of all the people. Who acts: post, Sultan, sons. 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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 (post, Sultan, sons), 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:pg128:9:93 # text = But he did not hold it for long, for the Sultan fell a victim to an attack of illness, and as he had no sons, the soldiers and priests declared the dervish heir to the throne, to the great joy of all the people. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 33 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hold** | past · do-support | post | face | | | | for long | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | past | the Sultan | a victim | | | | to a attack of illness *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient victim=Extent to attack=Result | | 3 | **have** | past | post | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | no sons and the soldiers and priests | the dervish heir | the throne | | | to the great joy of all people | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent heir=Theme to throne=Recipient | | 5 | **attack** | | | illness | | | | | nom attack «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **joy** | | | all people | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)