--- title: The old man and his slaves pushed off in a boat directly the ship to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The old man and his slaves pushed off in a boat directly the ship touched land, and walked quickly towards the entrance to the underground chamber; but when they were near enough to see that the earth had been disturbed, they paused and changed colour. Who acts: old man, ship, ships. 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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 (old man, ship, ships), 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:pg128:11:88 # text = The old man and his slaves pushed off in a boat directly the ship touched land, and walked quickly towards the entrance to the underground chamber; but when they were near enough to see that the earth had been disturbed, they paused and changed colour. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 directly directly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 towards towards ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 near near ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 disturbed disturb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push off** | past | the old man and man's slaves | | | a boat | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in boat=Trajectory | | 2 | **touch** | past | the ship | land | | | | directly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Co-Theme | | 3 | **walk** | past | the old man and man's slaves *not said here* | | | | | towards the entrance; to the underground chamber *result*; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to chamber=Result | | 4 | **is** | past | ships *= ship* | | | | | enough, near *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | ships *= ship* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **disturb** | past · perfect · passive | | the earth | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **pause** | past | ships *= ship* | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **change** | past | ships *= ship* *not said here* | colour | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)