--- title: In this order we marched into the city of Serendib, where the native… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: In this order we marched into the city of Serendib, where the natives presented me to their king, whom I saluted in the Indian fashion, prostrating myself at his feet and kissing the ground; but the monarch bade me rise and sit beside him, asking first what was my name. 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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, natives, I, monarch), 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:pg128:17:71 # text = In this order we marched into the city of Serendib, where the natives presented me to their king, whom I saluted in the Indian fashion, prostrating myself at his feet and kissing the ground; but the monarch bade me rise and sit beside him, asking first what was my name. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Serendib Serendib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 prostrating prostrate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 30 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 47 beside beside ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 51 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 52 advmod _ _ 52 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **march** | past | we | | | this order | | into the city of Serendib *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into city=Result | | 2 | **present** | past | the natives | me | eyes's king | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to king=Recipient | | 3 | **salute** | past | I | eyes's king | | the Indian fashion | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Topic | | 4 | **prostrate** | gerund | I *not said here* | myself | | king's feet | | | tree rules | | 5 | **kiss** | gerund | I *not said here* | the ground | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Co-Agent | | 6 | **bade** | past | the monarch | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **rise** | infinitive | the monarch *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sit** | infinitive | the monarch *not said here* | | | | | beside monarch | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the monarch *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | past | | my name | | | | | tree rules | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/70/) - next →: [Opening, part 18, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)