--- title: When all were gone he flew towards us, flapping his wings as if to a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When all were gone he flew towards us, flapping his wings as if to ask if we saw any more, when suddenly his eye fell on one which lay on the bank of the little canal that flowed through the court; he hastened towards it, but before he could touch it the seed rolled into the canal and became a fish. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/86/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/) / 86 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 10, sentence 86 When all were gone he flew towards us, flapping his wings as if to ask if we saw any more, when suddenly his eye fell on one which lay on the bank of the little canal that flowed through the court; he hastened towards it, but before he could touch it the seed rolled into the canal and became a fish. **Who acts:** wolf, we, eye, little canal · **What happens:** go, fly, flap, ask, see, fall · **To what, where:** all, wings, bank, court, eye, seed 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 (wolf, we, eye, little canal), 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:pg128:10:86 # text = When all were gone he flew towards us, flapping his wings as if to ask if we saw any more, when suddenly his eye fell on one which lay on the bank of the little canal that flowed through the court; he hastened towards it, but before he could touch it the seed rolled into the canal and became a fish. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 flapping flap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 any any ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 24 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 through through ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 47 towards towards ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 before before SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · passive | | all | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | past | wolf | | | | | towards us | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards we=Destination | | 3 | **flap** | gerund | wolf *not said here* | wolf's wings | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **fall** | past | wolf's eye | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lie** | past | | | | the bank of the little canal | | on one | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on one=Location | | 8 | **flow** | past | the little canal | | | the court | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through court=Location | | 9 | **hasten** | past | wolf | | | eye | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards it=Destination | | 10 | **touch** | could | wolf | eye | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer seed=Result | | 11 | **roll** | participle | | the seed *not said here* | | the canal | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into canal=Destination | | 12 | **become** | past | wolf *not said here* | a fish | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)