--- title: Before, however, I had time to feel cast down, I saw a ship making d… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Before, however, I had time to feel cast down, I saw a ship making directly for the island, and not knowing whether it would contain friends or foes, I hid myself in the thick branches of a tree. Who acts: I, ship, distance. 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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, ship, distance), 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:pg128:11:49 # text = Before, however, I had time to feel cast down, I saw a ship making directly for the island, and not knowing whether it would contain friends or foes, I hid myself in the thick branches of a tree. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 directly directly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 26 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 contain contain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 36 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | I | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **cast down** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | I | a ship | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | | 5 | **make** | gerund | a ship *not said here* | | | | | for the island; directly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for island=Asset | | 6 | **not** **know** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **contain** | would | distance | friends or foes | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | | 8 | **hide** | past | I | myself | | the thick branches of a tree | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent myself=Patient in branch=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)