--- title: At its heels was a wolf, who had almost seized it, when the cat chan… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At its heels was a wolf, who had almost seized it, when the cat changed itself into a worm, and, piercing the skin of a pomegranate which had tumbled from a tree, hid itself in the fruit. Who acts: cat, wolf. 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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 (cat, wolf), 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:pg128:10:83 # text = At its heels was a wolf, who had almost seized it, when the cat changed itself into a worm, and, piercing the skin of a pomegranate which had tumbled from a tree, hid itself in the fruit. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 almost almost ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 piercing pierce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pomegranate pomegranate NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 tumbled tumble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 38 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | a wolf | | ground's heels | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seize** | past · perfect · passive | | a wolf | | | | almost *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **change** | past | the cat | ground | | | | into a worm *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent itself=Patient into worm=Result | | 4 | **pierce** | gerund | the cat *not said here* | the skin of a pomegranate | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 5 | **tumble** | past · perfect · passive | | a pomegranate | | a tree | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent from tree=Initial\_State | | 6 | **hide** | past | a wolf | ground | | the fruit | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Patient in fruit=Location | 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/pg128/10/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)