--- title: I had resolved, as you know, on my return from my first voyage, to s… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I had resolved, as you know, on my return from my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days quietly in Bagdad, but very soon I grew tired of such an idle life and longed once more to find myself upon the sea. Who acts: I, you, my. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/8/) [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/) / 8 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 8 I had resolved, as you know, on my return from my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days quietly in Bagdad, but very soon I grew tired of such an idle life and longed once more to find myself upon the sea. **Who acts:** I, you, my · **What happens:** resolve, know, spend, grow, long, find · **To what, where:** return, rest, Bagdad, more, myself, first voyage 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, you, 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:pg128:14:8 # text = I had resolved, as you know, on my return from my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days quietly in Bagdad, but very soon I grew tired of such an idle life and longed once more to find myself upon the sea. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 42 advmod _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 45 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | past · perfect | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | you | | | my return from my first voyage | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **spend** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the rest of my days | | Bagdad | | quietly *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Asset | | 4 | **grow** | past | I | | | | | soon, tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **long** | past | I *not said here* | more | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | myself | | | | upon the sea | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic | | 7 | **return** | | my | | | my first voyage | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place | | 8 | **voyage** | | my | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)