--- title: Slowly the air grew dark, and we felt as if the earth was about to c… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Slowly the air grew dark, and we felt as if the earth was about to crumble away, and our fright was by no means diminished at seeing the genius, son of the daughter of Eblis, suddenly appear under the form of a colossal lion. Who acts: air, we, earth, fright. 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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 (air, we, earth, fright), 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:pg128:10:71 # text = Slowly the air grew dark, and we felt as if the earth was about to crumble away, and our fright was by no means diminished at seeing the genius, son of the daughter of Eblis, suddenly appear under the form of a colossal lion. 1 Slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 crumble crumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 obl _ _ 26 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 diminished diminish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ _ 28 at at SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Eblis Eblis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 colossal colossal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the air | | | | | dark, slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past | we | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | the earth | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **crumble away** | to-infinitive | the earth *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | our fright | | | | | by no; mean *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **diminish** *not said to happen* | participle | our fright *not said here* | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **see** | gerund | our fright *not said here* | the genius and son of the daughter of Eblis | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer genius=Stimulus | | 8 | **appear** | infinitive | our fright *not said here* | | | the form of a colossal lion | | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under form=Location | | 9 | **fright** | | our | | | | | | nom fright «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **form** | | | a colossal lion | | | | | nom form «communication 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)