--- title: Stooping to examine him, and finding him stone dead, the purveyor su… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Stooping to examine him, and finding him stone dead, the purveyor supposed that the man had died from the blow he had received; but of course this was a mistake, as you will see from my account, and I only am the murderer; and although I am innocent of any wish to commit a crime, I must suffer for i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/109/) [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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/) / 109 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 109 Stooping to examine him, and finding him stone dead, the purveyor supposed that the man had died from the blow he had received; but of course this was a mistake, as you will see from my account, and I only am the murderer; and although I am innocent of any wish to commit a crime, I must suffer for it all the same, or else have the blood of two Musselmans on my conscience. **Who acts:** man, purveyor, this, you, I, my · **What happens:** stoop, examine, find, suppose, die, receive · **To what, where:** purveyor, blow, account, murderer, crime, blood This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, purveyor, this, you), 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:pg128:19:109 # text = Stooping to examine him, and finding him stone dead, the purveyor supposed that the man had died from the blow he had received; but of course this was a mistake, as you will see from my account, and I only am the murderer; and although I am innocent of any wish to commit a crime, I must suffer for it all the same, or else have the blood of two Musselmans on my conscience. 1 Stooping stoop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 purveyor purveyor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 14 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 fixed _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 51 although although SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 advcl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 57 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 commit commit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 acl _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ _ 68 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 70 det:predet _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 or or CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 else else ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 79 nummod _ _ 79 Musselmans Musselman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 76 nmod _ _ 80 on on ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 82 nmod:poss _ _ 82 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stoop** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **examine** | to-infinitive | | purveyor | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **find** | gerund | | purveyor | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme stone=Attribute | | 4 | **suppose** | participle | | the purveyor *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **die** | past · perfect | the man | | | the blow | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from blow=Causer | | 6 | **receive** | past · perfect | purveyor | the blow *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | this | | | | | of a mistake | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | future | you | | | my account | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | present | I | the murderer | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of any wish; innocent *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **commit** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a crime | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Theme | | 12 | **suffer** | must | I | | | | | for crime | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **have** | infinitive | | the blood of two Musselmans | | my conscience | | else *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 14 | **account** | | my | | | | | | nom account «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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)