--- title: Very soon I began to see that I had made some impression upon him, a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Very soon I began to see that I had made some impression upon him, and after the arrival of some of the other merchants, who showed great joy at once more seeing me alive, he declared that he also recognised me. Who acts: I, other merchants, captain. 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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, other merchants, captain), 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:pg128:13:78 # text = Very soon I began to see that I had made some impression upon him, and after the arrival of some of the other merchants, who showed great joy at once more seeing me alive, he declared that he also recognised me. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 34 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | I | some impression | | | | upon captain | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impression=Product | | 4 | **show** | past | the other merchants | great joy | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joy=Recipient | | 5 | **see** | gerund | the other merchants *not said here* | me | | | | alive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | captain | | | | after the arrival of some | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **recognise** | past | captain | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)