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title: I left the ship at the first port we came to, not feeling at ease up… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: I left the ship at the first port we came to, not feeling at ease upon the sea after all that had happened to me by reason of it, and having disposed of my ivory for much gold, and bought many rare and costly presents, I loaded my pack animals, and joined a caravan of merchants. Who acts: I, we, tha
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 7

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I left the ship at the first port we came to, not feeling at ease upon the sea after all that had happened to me by reason of it, and having disposed of my ivory for much gold, and bought many rare and costly presents, I loaded my pack animals, and joined a caravan of merchants.

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**Who acts:** I, we, that · **What happens:** leave, come, not feel, happen, dispose, buy · **To what, where:** ship, first port, ease, me, many rare presents, pack animals

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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 (I, we, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:19:7
# text = I left the ship at the first port we came to, not feeling at ease upon the sea after all that had happened to me by reason of it, and having disposed of my ivory for much gold, and bought many rare and costly presents, I loaded my pack animals, and joined a caravan of merchants.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	too	ADV	RB	Typo=Yes	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ease	ease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	34	aux	_	_
34	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	conj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
44	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
45	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	conj	_	_
48	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	loaded	load	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
52	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
53	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | I | the ship |  | the first port |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ship=Theme at port=Location |
| 2 | **come** | past | we | the first port *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location port=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **feel** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  | ease |  | upon the sea | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at ease=Location |
| 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | that |  | me |  |  | by reason of reason | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by reason=Location |
| 5 | **dispose** | gerund · perfect | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of my ivory; for much gold | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **buy** | past |  | many rare presents |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
| 7 | **load** | past | I |  | my pack animals |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Destination |
| 8 | **join** | past |  | a caravan of merchants |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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