--- title: I then got a lock-smith to make me a bit and a pair of spurs after a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I then got a lock-smith to make me a bit and a pair of spurs after a pattern that I drew for him, and when all these things were completed I presented them to the king and showed him how to use them. Who acts: I. 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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), 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:pg128:16:15 # text = I then got a lock-smith to make me a bit and a pair of spurs after a pattern that I drew for him, and when all these things were completed I presented them to the king and showed him how to use them. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 spurs spur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 after after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 completed complete VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | I | a lock smith | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smith=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | a bit and a pair of spurs after a pattern *obl:unmarked* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 3 | **draw** | past | I | a pattern | | | | for king | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Result for he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **complete** | past · passive | | all things | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **present** | past | I | things *= thing* | the king | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Recipient | | 6 | **show** | past | I *not said here* | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **use** | to-infinitive | | things *= thing* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)