--- title: As soon as we had as many as we could carry we went back to the town… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as we had as many as we could carry we went back to the town, where my friend bought my share and advised me to continue the same occupation until I had earned money enough to carry me to my own country. Who acts: we, friend, me, 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 (we, friend, me, 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:pg128:17:27 # text = As soon as we had as many as we could carry we went back to the town, where my friend bought my share and advised me to continue the same occupation until I had earned money enough to carry me to my own country. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 occupation occupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 37 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 enough enough ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | we | many | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 2 | **carry** | could | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go back** | past | we | | | | | to the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | | 4 | **buy** | past | my friend | my share | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | | 5 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | my friend *not said here* | me | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **continue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | the same occupation | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme | | 7 | **earn** | past · perfect | I | money | | | | enough *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 8 | **carry** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | my own country | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to country=Destination | | 9 | **share** | | my | | | | | | nom share «possession 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)