--- title: The wine was strong and the gourd capacious, so he also began to sin… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The wine was strong and the gourd capacious, so he also began to sing after a fashion, and soon I had the delight of feeling the iron grip of his goblin legs unclasp, and with one vigorous effort I threw him to the ground, from which he never moved again. Who acts: wine, gourd, monster, I. 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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 (wine, gourd, monster, I), 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:pg128:17:15 # text = The wine was strong and the gourd capacious, so he also began to sing after a fashion, and soon I had the delight of feeling the iron grip of his goblin legs unclasp, and with one vigorous effort I threw him to the ground, from which he never moved again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gourd gourd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 capacious capacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 35 unclasp unclasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 40 vigorous vigorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 54 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the wine | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the gourd | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | monster | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | monster *not said here* | | | | after a fashion | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | I | the delight | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delight=Patient | | 6 | **feel** | gerund | the delight *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **unclasp** | infinitive | the iron grip of monster's goblin legs | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **throw** | past | I | monster | | the ground | | with one vigorous effort | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ground=Destination | | 9 | **not** **move** | past | monster | | | | again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from which=Trajectory | | 10 | **grip** | | | monster's goblin legs | | | | | nom grip «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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)