--- title: I lost no time in letting fly several arrows, and at last one of the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I lost no time in letting fly several arrows, and at last one of the great animals fell to the ground dead, and the others retreated, leaving me free to come down from my hiding place and run back to tell my master of my success, for which I was praised and regaled with good things. 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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, last one, others, me), 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:pg128:18:77 # text = I lost no time in letting fly several arrows, and at last one of the great animals fell to the ground dead, and the others retreated, leaving me free to come down from my hiding place and run back to tell my master of my success, for which I was praised and regaled with good things. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 xcomp _ _ 8 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 retreated retreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 regaled regale VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | I | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **let** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fly** | present | I *not said here* | several arrows | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arrow=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | last one of the great animals | | | | | to the ground; dead *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 5 | **retreat** | past | the others | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | the others *not said here* | me | | | | free *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **come down** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | my hiding place | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **run back** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | my master of my success | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient | | 10 | **praise** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute | | 11 | **regale** | participle | | | | | | with good things | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with thing=Theme | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)