--- title: When I recovered my enemy was still in his place, though he had rele… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When I recovered my enemy was still in his place, though he had released his hold enough to allow me breathing space, and seeing me revive he prodded me adroitly first with one foot and then with the other, until I was forced to get up and stagger about with him under the trees while he gathered and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/10/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/) / 10 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 10 When I recovered my enemy was still in his place, though he had released his hold enough to allow me breathing space, and seeing me revive he prodded me adroitly first with one foot and then with the other, until I was forced to get up and stagger about with him under the trees while he gathered and ate the choicest fruits. **Who acts:** I, enemy, seeing, man · **What happens:** recover, be, release, allow, breathe, see · **To what, where:** place, man, me, space, I, trees This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, enemy, seeing, man), 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:pg128:17:10 # text = When I recovered my enemy was still in his place, though he had released his hold enough to allow me breathing space, and seeing me revive he prodded me adroitly first with one foot and then with the other, until I was forced to get up and stagger about with him under the trees while he gathered and ate the choicest fruits. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 enough enough ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 breathing breathe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 23 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 csubj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 revive revive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 prodded prod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 adroitly adroitly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 until until SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 stagger stagger VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 52 about about ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 55 under under ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 58 while while SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 choicest choice ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 65 amod _ _ 65 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | past | I | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | my enemy | | | man's place | still | | tree rules | | 3 | **release** | past · perfect · passive | | man | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **allow** | to-infinitive | | | me | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **breathe** *not said to happen* | gerund | | space | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme | | 6 | **see** | gerund | | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 7 | **revive** | infinitive | seeing | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **prod** | past | man | me | | | | with one foot; adroitly, first *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent i=Experiencer with foot=Instrument | | 9 | **force** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **get up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **stagger** | present | | | | the trees | | with man; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Trajectory | | 12 | **gather** | past | man | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **eat** | past | man *not said here* | the choicest fruits | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 14 | **hold** | | man | | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)