--- title: When the first old man had finished his story, the second, who was l… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When the first old man had finished his story, the second, who was leading the two black dogs, said to the genius, "I am going to tell you what happened to me, and I am sure that you will find my story even more astonishing than the one to which you have just been listening. 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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 (first old man, I, genius), 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:pg128:2:139 # text = When the first old man had finished his story, the second, who was leading the two black dogs, said to the genius, "I am going to tell you what happened to me, and I am sure that you will find my story even more astonishing than the one to which you have just been listening. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 51 astonishing astonish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obl _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 58 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 59 just just ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 aux _ _ 61 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | the first old man | man's story | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector story=Eventuality | | 2 | **lead** | past · progressive | | the two black dogs | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the genius | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to genius=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | the genius *= genius* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | | | me | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** *in a quote* | future | the genius *= genius* | my story | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | | 9 | **astonish** *in a quote* | gerund | the genius *= genius* *not said here* | | | | | than the one | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **listen** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | the genius *= genius* | | the one | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/140/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/)