--- title: One day, having to go a long way from home, he mounted his horse, ta… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: One day, having to go a long way from home, he mounted his horse, taking with him a small wallet in which he had put a few biscuits and dates, because he had to pass through the desert where no food was to be got. Who acts: One day, Scheherazade. 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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 (One day, Scheherazade), 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:pg128:1:114 # text = One day, having to go a long way from home, he mounted his horse, taking with him a small wallet in which he had put a few biscuits and dates, because he had to pass through the desert where no food was to be got. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 biscuits biscuit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | One day *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | One day *not said here* | a long way | | home | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from home=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **mount** | past | Scheherazade | Scheherazade's horse | | | day | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 4 | **take** | gerund | Scheherazade *not said here* | a small wallet | | | | with Scheherazade | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme | | 5 | **put** | past · perfect | Scheherazade | a few biscuits and dates | | a small wallet | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme in which=Destination | | 6 | **have** | past | Scheherazade | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** | to-infinitive | Scheherazade *not said here* | | | the desert | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through desert=Location | | 8 | **is** | past · passive | Scheherazade *not said here* | no food | | | | get *property* | tree rules | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/115/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/)