--- title: "At length one day he dreamed that the following year a son would be… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "At length one day he dreamed that the following year a son would be born to him, and when this actually happened, he consulted all the wise men in the kingdom as to the future of the infant. Who acts: land, this. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 11, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/64/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/) / 64 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 11, sentence 64 "At length one day he dreamed that the following year a son would be born to him, and when this actually happened, he consulted all the wise men in the kingdom as to the future of the infant. **Who acts:** land, this · **What happens:** dream, follow, bear, happen, consult · **To what, where:** length, son, land, wise men, kingdom This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (land, this), 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:pg128:11:64 # text = "At length one day he dreamed that the following year a son would be born to him, and when this actually happened, he consulted all the wise men in the kingdom as to the future of the infant. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 flat _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 23 actually actually ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** *in a quote* | past | land | | | length day | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **follow** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bear** *in a quote* | would · passive | | a son | land | | year | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | this | | | | | actually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consult** *in a quote* | past | land | all wise men | | the kingdom | | as the future of the infant | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent man=Theme as future=Value | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)