--- title: One day after my return, as I went down to the quay, I saw a ship wh… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: One day after my return, as I went down to the quay, I saw a ship which had just cast anchor, and was discharging her cargo, while the merchants to whom it belonged were busily directing the removal of it to their warehouses. Who acts: I, cargo, merchants, my. 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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, cargo, merchants, my), 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:pg128:13:62 # text = One day after my return, as I went down to the quay, I saw a ship which had just cast anchor, and was discharging her cargo, while the merchants to whom it belonged were busily directing the removal of it to their warehouses. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 quay quay NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 anchor anchor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 discharging discharge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 cargo cargo NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 busily busily ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 directing direct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 removal removal NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 warehouses warehouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | I | | | | day | to the quay; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **see** | past | I | a ship | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | | 3 | **cast** | past · perfect · passive | | a ship | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary anchor=Product | | 4 | **discharge** | past · progressive | I *not said here* | Cassel's cargo | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cargo=Theme | | 5 | **belong** | past | cargo | | | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **direct** | past · progressive | the merchants | the removal of cargo | | | | to merchants's warehouses; busily *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent removal=Eventuality | | 7 | **return** | | my | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **remove** | | | cargo | | | | | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)