--- title: Among others, one boat contained several officials, who asked to see… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Among others, one boat contained several officials, who asked to see the merchants on board, and informed them that they had been sent by the Sultan in token of welcome, and to beg them each to write a few lines on a roll of paper. " Who acts: one boat, several officials, Sultan. 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" **Who acts:** one boat, several officials, Sultan · **What happens:** contain, ask, see, inform, send, beg · **To what, where:** several officials, merchants, board, boats, token, each · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one boat, several officials, Sultan), 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:pg128:10:12 # text = Among others, one boat contained several officials, who asked to see the merchants on board, and informed them that they had been sent by the Sultan in token of welcome, and to beg them each to write a few lines on a roll of paper. " 1 Among among ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | past | one boat | several officials | | | | among others | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot official=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | several officials | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | several officials *not said here* | the merchants | | board | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer merchant=Stimulus | | 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | one boat *not said here* | | boats *= boat* | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | the Sultan | boats *= boat* | | token of welcome | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in token=Destination | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | one boat *not said here* | each | boats *= boat* | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **write** | to-infinitive | one boat *not said here* | a few lines | | a roll of paper | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Theme on roll=Destination | | 8 | **roll** | | | paper | | | | | nom roll «event 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)