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title: The others all crowded round me, wondering at my adventures and admi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 49

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The others all crowded round me, wondering at my adventures and admiring the device by which I had escaped from the valley, and when they had led me to their camp and examined my diamonds, they assured me that in all the years that they had carried on their trade they had seen no stones to be compared with them for size and beauty.

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**Who acts:** I, others, diamonds, my · **What happens:** wonder, admire, escape, lead, examine, assure · **To what, where:** adventures, device, valley, me, camp, diamonds

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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, others, diamonds, my), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:14:49
# text = The others all crowded round me, wondering at my adventures and admiring the device by which I had escaped from the valley, and when they had led me to their camp and examined my diamonds, they assured me that in all the years that they had carried on their trade they had seen no stones to be compared with them for size and beauty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wondering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	admiring	admire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	acl:relcl	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
30	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	examined	examine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
36	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	assured	assure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
41	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	iobj	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	46	det:predet	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obl	_	_
47	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj:pass	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	advcl	_	_
51	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
54	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	50	conj	_	_
57	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	58	det	_	_
58	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
60	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	aux:pass	_	_
61	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	advcl	_	_
62	with	with	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obl	_	_
64	for	for	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  | my adventures |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **admire** | gerund |  | the device |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer device=Stimulus |
| 3 | **escape** | past · perfect | I |  |  | the valley |  | by the device | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from valley=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **lead** | past · perfect | others *= other* | me |  | others's camp |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to camp=Destination |
| 5 | **examine** | past | others *= other* *not said here* | my diamonds |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme |
| 6 | **assure** | past | diamonds *= diamond* |  | me |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 7 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive |  | that |  |  | year |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **see** | past · perfect | diamonds *= diamond* | no stones |  | diamonds's trade |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus |
| 9 | **compare** | to-infinitive · passive | diamonds *= diamond* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with diamonds *= diamond*; for size and beauty | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: with they=Co-Patient |
| 10 | **adventure** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **trade** |  | diamonds *= diamond* |  |  |  |  |  | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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