--- title: Then the husband, bidding farewell to all his friends, stretched him… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then the husband, bidding farewell to all his friends, stretched himself upon another bier, upon which were laid seven little loaves of bread and a pitcher of water, and he also was let down-down-down to the depths of the horrible cavern, and then a stone was laid over the opening, and the melanchol --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/) / 37 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 16, sentence 37 Then the husband, bidding farewell to all his friends, stretched himself upon another bier, upon which were laid seven little loaves of bread and a pitcher of water, and he also was let down-down-down to the depths of the horrible cavern, and then a stone was laid over the opening, and the melancholy company wended its way back to the city. **Who acts:** husband, melancholy company · **What happens:** bid, stretch, lay, let down, wend back · **To what, where:** husband, seven little loaves, bier, stone, opening, way This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, melancholy company), 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:pg128:16:37 # text = Then the husband, bidding farewell to all his friends, stretched himself upon another bier, upon which were laid seven little loaves of bread and a pitcher of water, and he also was let down-down-down to the depths of the horrible cavern, and then a stone was laid over the opening, and the melancholy company wended its way back to the city. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bidding bid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 bier bier NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 loaves loaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 38 down down ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 down down ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 57 over over ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 wended wend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 66 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 back back ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bid** | gerund | the husband *not said here* | | | | | to husband's friends; farewell *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stretch** | past | the husband | husband | | | then | upon another bier | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **lay** | past · passive | | seven little loaves of bread and a pitcher of water | | another bier | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: loaf=Theme upon which=Destination | | 4 | **let down** | past · passive | | husband | | | | down *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | past · passive | | a stone | | the opening | then | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over opening=Destination | | 6 | **wend back** | past | the melancholy company | company's way | | | | to the city | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location way=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)