--- title: I sprang up and drew the bow and arrows out of the ground, and with… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I sprang up and drew the bow and arrows out of the ground, and with the third shot the horseman fell with a great crash into the sea, which instantly began to rise, so rapidly, that I had hardly time to bury the horse before the boat approached me. Who acts: I, horseman, sea, boat. 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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 (I, horseman, sea, boat), 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:pg128:11:39 # text = I sprang up and drew the bow and arrows out of the ground, and with the third shot the horseman fell with a great crash into the sea, which instantly began to rise, so rapidly, that I had hardly time to bury the horse before the boat approached me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 arrows arrow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 horseman horseman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 43 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 before before SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring up** | past | I | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | I *not said here* | the bow | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 3 | **arrow** | present | I *not said here* | | | the ground | | | tree rules | | 4 | **shoot** | past | | | | | | with the third; rapidly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | past | the horseman | | | | | into the sea *result*; with a great crash | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | | 6 | **begin** | past | the sea | | | | | instantly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **rise** | to-infinitive | the sea *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | I | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **bury** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the horse | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 10 | **approach** | past | the boat | me | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)