--- title: Sindbad then gave him a hundred sequins, and hence-forward counted h… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Sindbad then gave him a hundred sequins, and hence-forward counted him among his friends; also he caused him to give up his profession as a porter, and to eat daily at his table that he might all his life remember Sindbad the Sailor. Who acts: Sindbad. 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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 (Sindbad), 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:pg128:19:21 # text = Sindbad then gave him a hundred sequins, and hence-forward counted him among his friends; also he caused him to give up his profession as a porter, and to eat daily at his table that he might all his life remember Sindbad the Sailor. 1 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 sequins sequin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 hence hence ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 forward forward ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 among among ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 profession profession NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 daily daily ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 46 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Sailor Sailor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Sindbad | hundred sequins | Hindbad | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sequin=Theme | | 2 | **count** | past | Sindbad *not said here* | Hindbad | | | | among Sindbad's friends; forward, hence *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **cause** | past | Sindbad | | Hindbad | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give up** | to-infinitive | Sindbad *not said here* | Sindbad's profession | | | | as a porter | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent profession=Source | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | Sindbad's table | | daily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **remember** | might | Sindbad | Sindbad | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sindbad=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)