--- title: Scarcely had I finished when, looking out to sea, I saw the vessel h… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Scarcely had I finished when, looking out to sea, I saw the vessel heading for the island, and, feeling that it would be useless for me to protest my innocence, I again concealed myself among the branches of a tree that grew near by. Who acts: Scarcely, I, vessel, stone. 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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 (Scarcely, I, vessel, stone), 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:pg128:11:87 # text = Scarcely had I finished when, looking out to sea, I saw the vessel heading for the island, and, feeling that it would be useless for me to protest my innocence, I again concealed myself among the branches of a tree that grew near by. 1 Scarcely Scarcely PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 heading head VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 protest protest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 innocence innocence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 concealed conceal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 near near ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 48 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **finish** | past | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **look out** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | to sea | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | I | the vessel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vessel=Stimulus | | 5 | **head** | gerund | the vessel *not said here* | | | | | for the island | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **feel** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | would | stone | | | | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | me | my innocence | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Topic | | 9 | **conceal** | past | I | myself | | the branches of a tree | again | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent myself=Patient among branch=Location | | 10 | **grow** | past | a tree | | | | | near *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)