--- title: After we had talked for a while they took me back with them on board… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: After we had talked for a while they took me back with them on board their ship, where the captain received me kindly, and we soon set sail, and after several days reached a large and prosperous-looking town where all the houses were built of stone. Who acts: we, merchant, captain, several days. 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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 (we, merchant, captain, several days), 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:pg128:17:19 # text = After we had talked for a while they took me back with them on board their ship, where the captain received me kindly, and we soon set sail, and after several days reached a large and prosperous-looking town where all the houses were built of stone. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 board board ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 after after SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 38 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 compound _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past · perfect | we | | | | while | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take back** | past | merchant | | me | merchant's ship | | with gourds *= gourd* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 3 | **receive** | past | the captain | me | | | | kindly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **set** | present | we | sail | | | | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sail=Result | | 5 | **reach** | past | several days | a looking town | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 6 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **build** | past · passive | | all houses | | | | of stone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)