--- title: I, with a few others, had the good fortune to be washed ashore cling… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I, with a few others, had the good fortune to be washed ashore clinging to pieces of the wreck, for the storm had driven us near an island, and scrambling up beyond the reach of the waves we threw ourselves down quite exhausted, to wait for morning. Who acts: I, we, scrambling. 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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, we, scrambling), 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:pg128:15:83 # text = I, with a few others, had the good fortune to be washed ashore clinging to pieces of the wreck, for the storm had driven us near an island, and scrambling up beyond the reach of the waves we threw ourselves down quite exhausted, to wait for morning. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 clinging cling VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wreck wreck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 near near ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 34 scrambling scramble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 csubj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 46 quite quite ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | I | the good fortune | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Patient | | 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | the good fortune *not said here* | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V» | | 3 | **cling** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | to pieces of the wreck; ashore *property* | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to piece=Co-Theme | | 4 | **drive** | past · perfect | I *not said here* | us | | a island | | for the storm | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme near island=Destination | | 5 | **scramble up** | gerund | | | | the reach of the waves | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond reach=Trajectory | | 6 | **throw down** | past | we | ourselves | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ourselves=Theme | | 7 | **exhaust** | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **wait** | to-infinitive | scrambling | | | | morning | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)