--- title: This ended, the slaves brought up all the furniture that remained be… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: This ended, the slaves brought up all the furniture that remained below, and put it on the vessel, and breaking some boughs to weave a litter, they laid the old man on it, and carried him to the ship, which spread its sails and stood out to sea. Who acts: This, slaves, furniture, boughs. 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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 (This, slaves, furniture, boughs), 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:pg128:12:1 # text = This ended, the slaves brought up all the furniture that remained below, and put it on the vessel, and breaking some boughs to weave a litter, they laid the old man on it, and carried him to the ship, which spread its sails and stood out to sea. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 below below ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 weave weave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 52 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | This | the slaves | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality slave=Eventuality | | 2 | **bring up** | participle | the slaves *not said here* | all furniture | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **remain** | past | all furniture | | | | | below *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | This *not said here* | furniture | | the vessel | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on vessel=Destination | | 5 | **break** | gerund | This *not said here* | some boughs | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bough=Patient | | 6 | **weave** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | a litter | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Product | | 7 | **lay** | past | boughs *= bough* | the old man | | litter | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme on it=Destination | | 8 | **carry** | past | | man | | the ship | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ship=Destination | | 9 | **spread** | past | the ship | litter's sails | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | | 10 | **stand out** | past | | | | | | to sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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: [Opening, part 11, 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/92/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/)