--- title: He gave her a vessel of water and then went back to his place and hi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He gave her a vessel of water and then went back to his place and his thoughts, and with his mind busy over his last adventure, he put his gold into a long and narrow purse, which he could easily carry in his belt. Who acts: stranger. 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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 (stranger), 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:pg128:21:5 # text = He gave her a vessel of water and then went back to his place and his thoughts, and with his mind busy over his last adventure, he put his gold into a long and narrow purse, which he could easily carry in his belt. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 20 with with SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 easily easily ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | stranger | a vessel of water | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient vessel=Theme | | 2 | **go back** | past | stranger *not said here* | | | | then | to stranger's place and stranger's thoughts *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 3 | **put** | past | stranger | stranger's gold | | a long purse | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent gold=Goal | | 4 | **carry** | could | stranger | a long purse | | stranger's belt | | easily *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Value in belt=Location | | 5 | **think** | | stranger | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **mind** | | stranger | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **adventure** | | stranger | | | | | | nom adventure «act 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)