--- title: All in vain did I shriek aloud with rage and despair, reproaching my… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: All in vain did I shriek aloud with rage and despair, reproaching myself for the love of gain and adventure which had brought me to such a pass, but at length, growing calmer, I took up my bread and water, and wrapping my face in my mantle I groped my way towards the end of the cavern, where the air --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/56/) [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/) / 56 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 16, sentence 56 All in vain did I shriek aloud with rage and despair, reproaching myself for the love of gain and adventure which had brought me to such a pass, but at length, growing calmer, I took up my bread and water, and wrapping my face in my mantle I groped my way towards the end of the cavern, where the air was fresher. **Who acts:** All, length, I, air · **What happens:** shriek, reproach, bring, grow, take up, wrap · **To what, where:** myself, adventure, bread, length, face, 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 (All, length, I, air), 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:pg128:16:56 # text = All in vain did I shriek aloud with rage and despair, reproaching myself for the love of gain and adventure which had brought me to such a pass, but at length, growing calmer, I took up my bread and water, and wrapping my face in my mantle I groped my way towards the end of the cavern, where the air was fresher. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 nmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shriek shriek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 reproaching reproach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 gain gain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 29 det:predet _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 calmer calm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 47 wrapping wrap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 groped grope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 towards towards ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 68 advmod _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 68 fresher fresh ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shriek** | past · do-support | All | | | | | with rage and despair; aloud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with rage=Theme | | 2 | **reproach** | gerund | All *not said here* | myself | | | | for the love of gain and adventure | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent myself=Theme for love=Attribute | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | adventure | | | | to such pass | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme i=Destination | | 4 | **grow** | gerund | length *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take up** | past | I | my bread and water | | length | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bread=Theme at length=Asset | | 6 | **wrap** | gerund | I *not said here* | my face | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Theme | | 7 | **grope** | past | I | my way | | my mantle | towards the end of the cavern | | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | the air | | | | | fresh *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **love** | | | gain | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)