--- title: I wished to be able to call at whatever port I chose, taking my own… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I wished to be able to call at whatever port I chose, taking my own time; but as I did not intend carrying enough goods for a full cargo, I invited several merchants of different nations to join me. Who acts: I, several merchants. 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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, several merchants), 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:pg128:16:82 # text = I wished to be able to call at whatever port I chose, taking my own time; but as I did not intend carrying enough goods for a full cargo, I invited several merchants of different nations to join me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 port port NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 25 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 cargo cargo NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 35 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | at port | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at port=Stimulus | | 4 | **choose** | past | I | port *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent port=Theme | | 5 | **take** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **intend** | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **carry** *not said to happen* | gerund | I *not said here* | enough goods | | | | for a full cargo | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | | 8 | **invite** | past | I | several merchants of different nations | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent merchant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | several merchants of different nations *not said here* | me | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)