--- title: I rushed to and fro like one distracted, uttering cries of despair,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I rushed to and fro like one distracted, uttering cries of despair, and when from the shore I saw the vessel under full sail just disappearing upon the horizon, I wished bitterly enough that I had been content to stay at home in safety. Who acts: I, full sail, despair. A sentence of «The Arabian Nig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/13/) [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/) / 13 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 13 I rushed to and fro like one distracted, uttering cries of despair, and when from the shore I saw the vessel under full sail just disappearing upon the horizon, I wished bitterly enough that I had been content to stay at home in safety. **Who acts:** I, full sail, despair · **What happens:** rush, fro, distract, utter, see, disappear · **To what, where:** one, cries, vessel, shore, enough, content 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 (I, full sail, despair), 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:pg128:14:13 # text = I rushed to and fro like one distracted, uttering cries of despair, and when from the shore I saw the vessel under full sail just disappearing upon the horizon, I wished bitterly enough that I had been content to stay at home in safety. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to too ADV RB Typo=Yes 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fro fro VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 distracted distract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 uttering utter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 just just ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 disappearing disappear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 horizon horizon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 41 content content NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | past | I | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fro** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **distract** | participle · passive | | one | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | | cries of despair | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cry=Topic | | 5 | **see** | past | I | the vessel | | the shore | | under full sail | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vessel=Stimulus | | 6 | **disappear** | gerund | full sail *not said here* | | | | | upon the horizon | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wish** | past | I | enough | | | | bitterly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enough=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | past · perfect | I | content | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **stay** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | home in safety | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 10 | **cry** | | despair | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)