--- title: A boat was sent to rescue me, and very soon I found myself on board… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: A boat was sent to rescue me, and very soon I found myself on board surrounded by a wondering crowd of sailors and merchants eager to know by what chance I found myself in that desolate island. Who acts: I, chance. 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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 (I, chance), 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:pg128:15:48 # text = A boat was sent to rescue me, and very soon I found myself on board surrounded by a wondering crowd of sailors and merchants eager to know by what chance I found myself in that desolate island. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:agent _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 31 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 obl _ _ 37 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | a boat | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | I | myself | | board | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic | | 4 | **surround** | participle | | board *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **find** | past | chance | myself | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **desolate** | infinitive | | island | | | | | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)