--- title: On hearing this the pilot grew white, and, beating his breast, he cr… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: On hearing this the pilot grew white, and, beating his breast, he cried, "Oh, sir, we are lost, lost!" till the ship's crew trembled at they knew not what. Who acts: pilot, crew, ships. 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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 (pilot, crew, ships), 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:pg128:11:20 # text = On hearing this the pilot grew white, and, beating his breast, he cried, "Oh, sir, we are lost, lost!" till the ship's crew trembled at they knew not what. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pilot pilot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 36 at at SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the pilot *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow** | past | the pilot | | | | | white *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **beat** | gerund | the pilot *not said here* | pilot's breast | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location breast=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | pilot | sir | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tremble** | past | the ship's crew | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **know** | past | ships *= ship* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)