--- title: The Greek slave, supposing that all had passed as usual, shortly arr… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Greek slave, supposing that all had passed as usual, shortly arrived with the basin of salt, but when she beheld Alnaschar with the sabre in his hand she let the basin fall and turned to fly. Who acts: Greek slave, slave. 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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 (Greek slave, slave), 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:pg128:21:47 # text = The Greek slave, supposing that all had passed as usual, shortly arrived with the basin of salt, but when she beheld Alnaschar with the sabre in his hand she let the basin fall and turned to fly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 supposing suppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 25 Alnaschar Alnaschar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sabre sabre NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | gerund | the Greek slave *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | all | | | | as usual | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as usual=Attribute | | 3 | **arrive** | participle | | | | | | with the basin of salt; shortly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **behold** | past | slave | Alnaschar | | Alnaschar's hand | | with the sabre | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer alnaschar=Stimulus | | 5 | **let** | past | the Greek slave | the basin fall | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | past | the Greek slave *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fly** | to-infinitive | the Greek slave *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)