--- title: When Sindbad had finished his story he gave another hundred sequins… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When Sindbad had finished his story he gave another hundred sequins to Hindbad, who then departed with the other guests, but next day when they had all reassembled, and the banquet was ended, their host continued his adventures. Who acts: Sindbad, hundred sequins, sequins, banquet. 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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 (Sindbad, hundred sequins, sequins, banquet), 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:pg128:15:78 # text = When Sindbad had finished his story he gave another hundred sequins to Hindbad, who then departed with the other guests, but next day when they had all reassembled, and the banquet was ended, their host continued his adventures. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 10 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 sequins sequin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Hindbad Hindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 reassembled reassemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | | Sindbad | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | Sindbad | another hundred sequins | Hindbad | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sequin=Theme to hindbad=Recipient | | 3 | **depart** | past | another hundred sequins | | | | then | with the other guests | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reassemble** | past · perfect | sequins *= sequin* | | | | day | all *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the banquet | | | | | ended *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **continue** | past | sequins's host | host's adventures | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 7 | **adventure** | | host | | | | | | nom adventure «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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)