--- title: Drawing nearer I presently noticed that my own name was marked upon… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Drawing nearer I presently noticed that my own name was marked upon some of the packages, and after having carefully examined them, I felt sure that they were indeed those which I had put on board our ship at Balsora. Who acts: I, some, packages, 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, some, packages, 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:pg128:13:63 # text = Drawing nearer I presently noticed that my own name was marked upon some of the packages, and after having carefully examined them, I felt sure that they were indeed those which I had put on board our ship at Balsora. 1 Drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 presently presently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 obl:agent _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 packages package NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 21 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 examined examine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 conj _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 board board ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Balsora Balsora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **notice** | past | I | | | | | presently *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **mark** | past · passive | some | my own name | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | carefully *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **examine** | past | I *not said here* | packages *= package* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **feel** | past | I | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past | packages *= package* | those | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | | | our ship at Balsora | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on ship=Destination | | 9 | **name** | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)