--- title: After a long and prosperous voyage we landed at Balsora, and I made… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: After a long and prosperous voyage we landed at Balsora, and I made haste to reach Bagdad, and taking the king's letter I presented myself at the palace gate, followed by the beautiful slave, and various members of my own family, bearing the treasure. Who acts: we, I, king. 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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, I, king), 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:pg128:18:23 # text = After a long and prosperous voyage we landed at Balsora, and I made haste to reach Bagdad, and taking the king's letter I presented myself at the palace gate, followed by the beautiful slave, and various members of my own family, bearing the treasure. 1 After after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Balsora Balsora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 made may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 haste haste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 Bagdad bagdad NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | past | we | various members of my own family | | Balsora | after a long voyage | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **haste** | may | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Bagdad | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bagdad=Theme | | 4 | **take** | gerund | we *not said here* | the king's letter | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 5 | **present** | past | I | myself | | the palace gate | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | participle | | the palace gate *not said here* | | | | by the beautiful slave | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by slave=Location | | 7 | **bear** | gerund | we *not said here* | the treasure | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Patient | | 8 | **letter** | | the king | | | | | | nom letter «communication 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)