--- title: As Sindbad was relating his adventures chiefly on account of the por… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As Sindbad was relating his adventures chiefly on account of the porter, he ordered, before beginning his tale, that the burden which had been left in the street should be carried by some of his own servants to the place for which Hindbad had set out at first, while he remained to listen to the stor --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/38/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/) / 38 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 38 As Sindbad was relating his adventures chiefly on account of the porter, he ordered, before beginning his tale, that the burden which had been left in the street should be carried by some of his own servants to the place for which Hindbad had set out at first, while he remained to listen to the story. **Who acts:** Sindbad, Hindbad · **What happens:** relate, order, begin, leave, carry, set out · **To what, where:** adventures, account, tale, burden, street, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sindbad, Hindbad), 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:pg128:13:38 # text = As Sindbad was relating his adventures chiefly on account of the porter, he ordered, before beginning his tale, that the burden which had been left in the street should be carried by some of his own servants to the place for which Hindbad had set out at first, while he remained to listen to the story. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 relating relate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 chiefly chiefly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 46 Hindbad Hindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 while while SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | past · progressive | Sindbad | Sindbad's adventures | | account of the porter | | chiefly *property* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 2 | **order** | past | Sindbad | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | gerund | Sindbad *not said here* | Sindbad's tale | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Eventuality | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | the burden | | the street | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in street=Location | | 5 | **carry** | should · passive | | the burden | | the place | | by some | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to place=Destination | | 6 | **set out** | past · perfect · passive | | Hindbad | | | | for the place | tree rules | | 7 | **remain** | past | Hindbad | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **listen** | to-infinitive | Hindbad *not said here* | | | | | to the story | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme | | 9 | **adventure** | | Sindbad | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **account** | | | the porter | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **tell** | | Sindbad | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=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: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)