--- title: Meanwhile a breeze had sprung up, and in the confusion that ensued o… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile a breeze had sprung up, and in the confusion that ensued on board our vessel in hoisting the sails and taking up those who were in the boat and clinging to its sides, no one missed me and I was left at the mercy of the waves. Who acts: confusion, those, one. 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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 (confusion, those, one), 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:pg128:13:48 # text = Meanwhile a breeze had sprung up, and in the confusion that ensued on board our vessel in hoisting the sails and taking up those who were in the boat and clinging to its sides, no one missed me and I was left at the mercy of the waves. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ensued ensue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 board board ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 hoisting hoist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 clinging cling VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring up** | past · perfect · passive | | a breeze | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **ensue** | past | the confusion | | | our vessel | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on vessel=Location | | 3 | **hoist** | gerund | the confusion *not said here* | the sails | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Theme | | 4 | **take up** | gerund | the confusion *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | those | | | the boat | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cling** | gerund | the confusion *not said here* | | | | | to boat's sides | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to side=Co-Theme | | 7 | **miss** | past | no one | me | | the confusion | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 8 | **leave** | past · passive | | I | | the mercy of the waves | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at mercy=Location | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)