--- title: Then I remembered that I had often heard the sailors speak of a wond… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then I remembered that I had often heard the sailors speak of a wonderful bird called a roc, and it occurred to me that the white object which had so puzzled me must be its egg. Who acts: I, sailors, bird, white object. 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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, sailors, bird, white object), 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:pg128:14:21 # text = Then I remembered that I had often heard the sailors speak of a wonderful bird called a roc, and it occurred to me that the white object which had so puzzled me must be its egg. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 often often ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 roc roc NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 puzzled puzzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | I | | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | I | | | | | often *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the sailors | | | | | of a wonderful bird | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | participle | | a wonderful bird *not said here* | a roc | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent roc=Recipient | | 5 | **occur** | past | bird | | me | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **puzzle** | past · perfect · passive | | the white object | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer i=Result | | 7 | **is a** | must | the white object | bird's egg | | | | | tree rules | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)