--- title: Half-stunned as I was with all that had happened to me, I rose to my… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Half-stunned as I was with all that had happened to me, I rose to my feet, thinking as I did so of what had befallen the ten young men, and watching the horse which was soaring into the clouds. Who acts: I, horse. 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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, horse), 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:pg128:12:83 # text = Half-stunned as I was with all that had happened to me, I rose to my feet, thinking as I did so of what had befallen the ten young men, and watching the horse which was soaring into the clouds. 1 Half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 stunned stun VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 with with SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 soaring soar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stun** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | I | | me | | | happen *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | past | I | | | my feet | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **befall** | past · perfect | | the ten young men | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **watch** | gerund | | the horse | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 8 | **soar** | past · progressive | the horse | | | the clouds | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into cloud=Trajectory | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/)