--- title: Hoisting the sails, and cutting the cable of the anchor, they sailed… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Hoisting the sails, and cutting the cable of the anchor, they sailed our vessel to an island which lay a little further off, where they drove us ashore; then taking possession of her, they made off to the place from which they had come, leaving us helpless upon a shore avoided with horror by all mar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/80/) [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/) / 80 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 80 Hoisting the sails, and cutting the cable of the anchor, they sailed our vessel to an island which lay a little further off, where they drove us ashore; then taking possession of her, they made off to the place from which they had come, leaving us helpless upon a shore avoided with horror by all mariners for a reason which you will soon learn. **Who acts:** words, island, you · **What happens:** hoist, cut, sail, lie, drive, take · **To what, where:** sails, cable, vessel, island, us, possession 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 (words, island, you), 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:pg128:14:80 # text = Hoisting the sails, and cutting the cable of the anchor, they sailed our vessel to an island which lay a little further off, where they drove us ashore; then taking possession of her, they made off to the place from which they had come, leaving us helpless upon a shore avoided with horror by all mariners for a reason which you will soon learn. 1 Hoisting hoist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 anchor anchor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 24 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 35 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 41 off off ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 52 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 avoided avoid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 62 det _ _ 62 mariners mariner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 obj _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 70 advmod _ _ 70 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hoist** | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | the sails | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | the cable of the anchor | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cable=Product | | 3 | **sail** | past | words *= word* | our vessel | | a island | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme to island=Trajectory | | 4 | **lie** | past | a island | | | | | far *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drive** | past | words *= word* | us | | | | ashore *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 6 | **take** | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | possession of terror | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 7 | **make off** | past | words *= word* | | | | | to the place | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **come** | past · perfect | words *= word* | | | the place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **leave** | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | us | | | | helpless *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 10 | **avoid** | participle | | a shore *not said here* | | | | with horror; by all mariners for a reason | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **learn** | future | you | a reason | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 12 | **cable** | | | the anchor | | | | | nom cable «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **possess** | | | terror | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/79/) - next →: [Opening, part 15, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)