--- title: Presently we saw in the far distance what seemed to us to be a splen… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Presently we saw in the far distance what seemed to us to be a splendid palace, towards which we turned our weary steps, but when we reached it we saw that it was a castle, lofty, and strongly built. Who acts: we, far distance, us, palace. 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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, far distance, us, palace), 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:pg128:15:2 # text = Presently we saw in the far distance what seemed to us to be a splendid palace, towards which we turned our weary steps, but when we reached it we saw that it was a castle, lofty, and strongly built. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 towards towards ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | we | | | | | in the far distance; presently *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **seem** | past | the far distance | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | us | | | | | to a splendid palace | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** | past | we | our weary steps | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent step=Theme towards which=Trajectory | | 5 | **reach** | past | we | palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | palace | a castle | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | palace *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **build** | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | strongly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 10 | **step** | | our | | | | | | nom step «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)