--- title: Early the next morning we accordingly set out, and when we reached t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Early the next morning we accordingly set out, and when we reached the capital I was graciously received by the king, to whom I related my adventures, upon which he ordered that I should be well cared for and provided with such things as I needed. Who acts: we, king, I, man. 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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 (we, king, I, man), 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:pg128:13:55 # text = Early the next morning we accordingly set out, and when we reached the capital I was graciously received by the king, to whom I related my adventures, upon which he ordered that I should be well cared for and provided with such things as I needed. 1 Early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 cared care VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 40 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | we | | | | morning | accordingly, early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past | we | the capital | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent capital=Theme | | 3 | **receive** | past · passive | the king | I | | | | graciously *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **relate** | past | I | my adventures | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 5 | **order** | past | man | | | | | upon my adventures | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **care** | should · passive | | I | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **provide** | participle | | | | | | with such things | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thing=Theme | | 8 | **need** | past | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **adventure** | | my | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)