--- title: When everything had been moved and placed under his roof he ordered… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When everything had been moved and placed under his roof he ordered my brother to leave the town and never more to enter it on peril of his life, fearing that if he returned he might seek justice from the Caliph. Who acts: judge, roof, more. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/81/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/) / 81 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 21, sentence 81 When everything had been moved and placed under his roof he ordered my brother to leave the town and never more to enter it on peril of his life, fearing that if he returned he might seek justice from the Caliph. **Who acts:** judge, roof, more · **What happens:** move, place, order, leave, enter, fear · **To what, where:** everything, roof, brother, town, peril, justice This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (judge, roof, more), 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:pg128:21:81 # text = When everything had been moved and placed under his roof he ordered my brother to leave the town and never more to enter it on peril of his life, fearing that if he returned he might seek justice from the Caliph. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 nsubj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 peril peril NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 39 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · perfect · passive | | everything | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **place** | participle | | | | judge's roof | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under roof=Destination | | 3 | **order** | past | judge | judge's roof *not said here* | my brother | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | judge's roof *not said here* | the town | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | to-infinitive | more | town | | peril of judge's life | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 6 | **fear** | gerund | more *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **return** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | judge | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **seek** | might | judge | justice | | the Caliph | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Theme | | 9 | **peril** | | | judge's life | | | | | nom peril «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)