--- title: I then chose the piece of meat which seemed most suited to my purpos… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I then chose the piece of meat which seemed most suited to my purpose, and with the aid of my turban bound it firmly to my back; this done I laid down upon my face and awaited the coming of the eagles. Who acts: I, meat, my. 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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, meat, my), 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:pg128:14:43 # text = I then chose the piece of meat which seemed most suited to my purpose, and with the aid of my turban bound it firmly to my back; this done I laid down upon my face and awaited the coming of the eagles. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 11 advmod _ _ 11 suited suit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 turban turban NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | I | the piece of meat | | | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 2 | **seem** | past | meat | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **suit** | participle | meat *not said here* | | | | | to my purpose | tree rules | | 4 | **bind** | past | I *not said here* | piece | | | | with the aid of my turban; to my back; firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with aid=Co-Patient | | 5 | **do** | participle · passive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **lay down** | past | I | | | my face | | down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon face=Destination | | 7 | **await** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | of the eagles | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of eagle=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **purpose** | | my | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)