--- title: While my companions wandered here and there gathering flowers and fr… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: While my companions wandered here and there gathering flowers and fruit I sat down in a shady place, and, having heartily enjoyed the provisions and the wine I had brought with me, I fell asleep, lulled by the murmur of a clear brook which flowed close by. 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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 (companions, fruit, I, clear brook), 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:pg128:14:11 # text = While my companions wandered here and there gathering flowers and fruit I sat down in a shady place, and, having heartily enjoyed the provisions and the wine I had brought with me, I fell asleep, lulled by the murmur of a clear brook which flowed close by. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ 8 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 23 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 lulled lull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 50 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | my companions | | | here | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **gather** | gerund | my companions *not said here* | flowers | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 3 | **sit down** | past | fruit | | | a shady place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | heartily *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **enjoy** | past | | the provisions | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer provision=Stimulus | | 6 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the wine | | | | with me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | past | I | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **lull** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | by the murmur of a clear brook | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **flow** | past | a clear brook | | | | | close *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **murmur** | | | a clear brook | | | | | nom murmur «event 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)