--- title: This rider wears a breastplate of lead, on which strange signs and f… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: This rider wears a breastplate of lead, on which strange signs and figures are engraved, and it is said that as long as this statue remains on the dome, vessels will never cease to perish at the foot of the mountain. Who acts: rider, statue, vessels. 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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 (rider, statue, vessels), 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:pg128:11:25 # text = This rider wears a breastplate of lead, on which strange signs and figures are engraved, and it is said that as long as this statue remains on the dome, vessels will never cease to perish at the foot of the mountain. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 breastplate breastplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 11 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dome dome NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | this rider | a breastplate of lead | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent breastplate=Theme | | 2 | **engrave** | present · passive | | strange signs and figures | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | rider | | | | long *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **remain** | present | this statue | | | the dome | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dome=Location | | 5 | **not** **cease** | future | vessels | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **perish** | to-infinitive | vessels *not said here* | | | the foot of the mountain | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)