--- title: Having bought his stock he next proceeded to look out for a small sh… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Having bought his stock he next proceeded to look out for a small shop in a good position, where he sat down at the open door, his wares being piled up in an uncovered basket in front of him, waiting for a customer among the passers-by. Who acts: Alnaschar. 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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 (Alnaschar), 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:pg128:20:36 # text = Having bought his stock he next proceeded to look out for a small shop in a good position, where he sat down at the open door, his wares being piled up in an uncovered basket in front of him, waiting for a customer among the passers-by. 1 Having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 next next ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wares ware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 uncovered uncover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 customer customer NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 among among ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 passers passer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 by by ADP IN _ 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | gerund · perfect | | Alnaschar's stock | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stock=Theme | | 2 | **proceed** | past | Alnaschar | Alnaschar's stock *not said here* | | | | next *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look out** | to-infinitive | Alnaschar *not said here* | | | a good position | | for a small shop | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for shop=Theme | | 4 | **sit down** | past | Alnaschar | | | the open door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | | 5 | **pile up** | gerund · passive | | Alnaschar's wares | | a uncovered basket in front of Alnaschar | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in basket=Destination | | 6 | **uncover** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | for a customer; among the passers | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among passer=Location | | 8 | **stock** | | Alnaschar | | | | | | nom stock «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)