--- title: The island on which I found myself was full of people, and abounded… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The island on which I found myself was full of people, and abounded in all sorts of desirable things, and a great deal of traffic went on in the capital, where I soon began to feel at home and contented. Who acts: I, island, great deal. 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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, island, great deal), 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:pg128:16:9 # text = The island on which I found myself was full of people, and abounded in all sorts of desirable things, and a great deal of traffic went on in the capital, where I soon began to feel at home and contented. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 abounded abound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 desirable desirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 traffic traffic NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 contented content VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | I | myself | | the island | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | the island | | | | | of people; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **abound** | participle | the island *not said here* | | | all sorts of desirable things | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sort=Location | | 4 | **go on** | past | a great deal of traffic | | | the capital | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in capital=Location | | 5 | **begin** | past | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **feel** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | home | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location | | 7 | **content** | past | a great deal of traffic *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **sort** | | | desirable things | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **deal** | | | traffic | | | | | nom deal «act 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)