--- title: Being a merchant I sought out men of my own profession, and particul… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Being a merchant I sought out men of my own profession, and particularly those who came from foreign countries, as I hoped in this way to hear news from Bagdad, and find out some means of returning thither, for the capital was situated upon the sea-shore, and visited by vessels from all parts of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/56/) [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/) / 56 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 56 Being a merchant I sought out men of my own profession, and particularly those who came from foreign countries, as I hoped in this way to hear news from Bagdad, and find out some means of returning thither, for the capital was situated upon the sea-shore, and visited by vessels from all parts of the world. **Who acts:** I, those, some · **What happens:** be, seek out, come, hope, hear, find out · **To what, where:** merchant, men, foreign countries, way, news, Bagdad · **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 (I, those, some), 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:pg128:13:56 # text = Being a merchant I sought out men of my own profession, and particularly those who came from foreign countries, as I hoped in this way to hear news from Bagdad, and find out some means of returning thither, for the capital was situated upon the sea-shore, and visited by vessels from all parts of the world. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 csubj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 profession profession NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 nsubj _ _ 38 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 ccomp _ _ 41 thither thither ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 visited visit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl:agent _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 60 det _ _ 60 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | | a merchant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seek out** | past | I | men of my own profession | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | those | | | foreign countries | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hope** | past | I | | | this way | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | news | | Bagdad | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent news=Topic from bagdad=Source | | 6 | **find out** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | present | some | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **return** | gerund | | | | | | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **situate** | past · passive | | the capital | | the sea shore | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon shore=Destination | | 10 | **visit** | participle | | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «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: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)