--- title: I stayed with them until they had collected as much pepper as they w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I stayed with them until they had collected as much pepper as they wished, and then they took me back to their own country and presented me to their king, by whom I was hospitably received. Who acts: I, savages. 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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, savages), 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:pg128:16:7 # text = I stayed with them until they had collected as much pepper as they wished, and then they took me back to their own country and presented me to their king, by whom I was hospitably received. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 hospitably hospitably ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | I | | | | | with savages *= savage* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location | | 2 | **collect** | past · perfect · passive | | savages *= savage* | | | | as much pepper | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | savages *= savage* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **take back** | past | savages *= savage* | me | | savages's own country | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to country=Destination | | 5 | **present** | past | I *not said here* | me | savages's king | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to king=Recipient | | 6 | **receive** | past · passive | | I | | | | hospitably *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)