--- title: We went from island to island, often making excellent bargains, unti… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: We went from island to island, often making excellent bargains, until one day we landed at a spot which, though covered with fruit trees and abounding in springs of excellent water, appeared to possess neither houses nor people. Who acts: We. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/10/) [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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/) / 10 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 10 We went from island to island, often making excellent bargains, until one day we landed at a spot which, though covered with fruit trees and abounding in springs of excellent water, appeared to possess neither houses nor people. **Who acts:** We · **What happens:** go, make, land, cover, abound, appear · **To what, where:** island, excellent bargains, spot, houses This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We), 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:pg128:14:10 # text = We went from island to island, often making excellent bargains, until one day we landed at a spot which, though covered with fruit trees and abounding in springs of excellent water, appeared to possess neither houses nor people. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bargains bargain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 until until SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 abounding abound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc:preconj _ _ 40 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | We | | | island | | to island | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from island=Initial\_Location to island=Destination | | 2 | **make** | gerund | We *not said here* | excellent bargains | | | | often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product | | 3 | **land** | past | we | | | a spot | day | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cover** | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | with fruit trees | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tree=Theme | | 5 | **abound** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **appear** | past | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **possess** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | houses nor people | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)