--- title: I took my leave of him, well satisfied with the honours and rewards… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I took my leave of him, well satisfied with the honours and rewards he bestowed upon me; and since that time I have rested from my labours, and given myself up wholly to my family and my friends. Who acts: I, Bagdad. 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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, Bagdad), 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:pg128:19:13 # text = I took my leave of him, well satisfied with the honours and rewards he bestowed upon me; and since that time I have rested from my labours, and given myself up wholly to my family and my friends. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 rewards reward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 since since ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 labours labour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 iobj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | I | my leave of Bagdad | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **bestow** | past | Bagdad | rewards *not said here* | | | | upon me | tree rules | | 3 | **rest** | present · perfect | I | | | my labours | time | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give up** | participle | I *not said here* | | myself | | | to my family and my friends; wholly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent myself=Theme to family=Recipient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)