--- title: Just then I heard that there was a trading ship ready to sail, and t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Just then I heard that there was a trading ship ready to sail, and taking leave of my friend I went on board, carrying with me a goodly store of cocoanuts; and we sailed first to the islands where pepper grows, then to Comari where the best aloes wood is found, and where men drink no wine by an unal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/29/) [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/) / 29 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 29 Just then I heard that there was a trading ship ready to sail, and taking leave of my friend I went on board, carrying with me a goodly store of cocoanuts; and we sailed first to the islands where pepper grows, then to Comari where the best aloes wood is found, and where men drink no wine by an unalterable law. **Who acts:** I, trading ship, we, pepper, men · **What happens:** hear, be, sail, take, go, carry · **To what, where:** leave, friend, board, goodly store, islands, aloes wood · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, trading ship, we, pepper), 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:pg128:17:29 # text = Just then I heard that there was a trading ship ready to sail, and taking leave of my friend I went on board, carrying with me a goodly store of cocoanuts; and we sailed first to the islands where pepper grows, then to Comari where the best aloes wood is found, and where men drink no wine by an unalterable law. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 trading trading NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 11 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 17 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 goodly goodly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 cocoanuts cocoanut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 43 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Comari Comari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 52 amod _ _ 52 aloes aloe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 compound _ _ 53 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 60 advmod _ _ 59 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 61 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 62 det _ _ 62 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 unalterable unalterable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | I | | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | a trading ship | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sail** | to-infinitive | a trading ship *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | gerund | | leave of my friend | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | I | my friend *not said here* | | board | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location friend=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | gerund | | a goodly store of cocoanuts | | | | with me | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Theme | | 7 | **sail** | past | we | | | the islands | | first *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to island=Trajectory | | 8 | **grow** | present | pepper | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **find** | present · passive | | the aloes wood | Comari | | then | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **drink** | present | men | no wine | | | | by a unalterable law | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)