--- title: On the fifth day we had the misfortune to fall in with pirates, who… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: On the fifth day we had the misfortune to fall in with pirates, who seized our vessel, killing all who resisted, and making prisoners of those who were prudent enough to submit at once, of whom I was one. Who acts: we, pirates, I. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Ope --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/65/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/) / 65 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 18, sentence 65 On the fifth day we had the misfortune to fall in with pirates, who seized our vessel, killing all who resisted, and making prisoners of those who were prudent enough to submit at once, of whom I was one. **Who acts:** we, pirates, I · **What happens:** have, fall in, seize, kill, resist, make · **To what, where:** misfortune, vessel, all, prisoners, one This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, pirates, 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:pg128:18:65 # text = On the fifth day we had the misfortune to fall in with pirates, who seized our vessel, killing all who resisted, and making prisoners of those who were prudent enough to submit at once, of whom I was one. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 pirates pirate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 obj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 resisted resist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 27 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 nmod _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 enough enough ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | we | the misfortune | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Patient | | 2 | **fall in** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the misfortune *not said here* | | | | with pirates | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seize** | past | pirates | our vessel | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | | 4 | **kill** | gerund | pirates *not said here* | all | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 5 | **resist** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | gerund | we *not said here* | prisoners of those | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prisoner=Product | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | enough, prudent *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **submit** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | I | one | | | | | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)