--- title: It happened one day that I passed a tree under which lay several dry… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: It happened one day that I passed a tree under which lay several dry gourds, and catching one up I amused myself with scooping out its contents and pressing into it the juice of several bunches of grapes which hung from every bush. Who acts: It, I, tree, grapes. 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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 (It, I, tree, grapes), 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:pg128:17:12 # text = It happened one day that I passed a tree under which lay several dry gourds, and catching one up I amused myself with scooping out its contents and pressing into it the juice of several bunches of grapes which hung from every bush. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 gourds gourd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 catching catch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 csubj _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 amused amuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 with with SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 scooping scoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 pressing press VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 bunches bunch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past | I | one day | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient tree=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past | a tree | several dry gourds | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gourd=Theme | | 4 | **catch up** | gerund | | one | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **amuse** | past | I | myself | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus myself=Experiencer | | 6 | **scoop out** | gerund | I *not said here* | heart's contents | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent contents=Theme | | 7 | **press** | gerund | I *not said here* | the juice of several bunches of grapes | | heart | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Theme | | 8 | **hang** | past | grapes | | | every bush | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)