--- title: I fell into the hands of a rich merchant, who took me home with him,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I fell into the hands of a rich merchant, who took me home with him, and clothed and fed me well, and after some days sent for me and questioned me as to what I could do. Who acts: I, rich merchant. 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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 (I, rich merchant), 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:pg128:18:67 # text = I fell into the hands of a rich merchant, who took me home with him, and clothed and fed me well, and after some days sent for me and questioned me as to what I could do. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 clothed clothe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | I | | | | | into the hands of a rich merchant *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hand=Result | | 2 | **take** | past | a rich merchant | | me | | | with island; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 3 | **clothe** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feed** | past | I *not said here* | | me | | | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **send** | participle | | | | | day | for me | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **question** *speech: other* | past | | | me | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Recipient as what=Attribute | | 7 | **do** | could | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)