--- title: Turning away from the sea we wandered miserably inland, finding as w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Turning away from the sea we wandered miserably inland, finding as we went various herbs and fruits which we ate, feeling that we might as well live as long as possible though we had no hope of escape. Who acts: we, escape. 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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 (we, escape), 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:pg128:15:1 # text = Turning away from the sea we wandered miserably inland, finding as we went various herbs and fruits which we ate, feeling that we might as well live as long as possible though we had no hope of escape. 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 miserably miserably ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 inland inland ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 29 advmod _ _ 28 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 fixed _ _ 29 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | gerund | | | | the sea | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from sea=Source | | 2 | **wander** | past | we | the sea *not said here* | | | | inland *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Trajectory | | 3 | **find** | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | we | various herbs and fruits | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herb=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | past | we | various herbs and fruits | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 6 | **feel** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **live** | might | we | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | we | no hope of escape | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 9 | **hope** | | escape | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=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: [Opening, part 14, 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/80/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)