--- title: "When you arrived here did you not sit down on the ground?" asked th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "When you arrived here did you not sit down on the ground?" asked the genius, "and did you not take some dates from your wallet, and whilst eating them did not you throw the stones about?" Who acts: you, genius. 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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 (you, 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:pg128:2:8 # text = "When you arrived here did you not sit down on the ground?" asked the genius, "and did you not take some dates from your wallet, and whilst eating them did not you throw the stones about?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** *in a quote* | past | you | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **sit down** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | | | the ground | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the genius | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | some dates | | your wallet | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent date=Theme from wallet=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund | | dates *= date* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **throw** *in a quote* | present | you | the stones | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/)