--- title: And he did not stop there; for in order to wipe out the memory of wh… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: And he did not stop there; for in order to wipe out the memory of what they had undergone, he commanded that the tailor, the doctor, the purveyor and the merchant, should each be clothed in his presence with a robe from his own wardrobe before they returned home. Who acts: history, archives. 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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 (history, archives), 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:pg128:22:58 # text = And he did not stop there; for in order to wipe out the memory of what they had undergone, he commanded that the tailor, the doctor, the purveyor and the merchant, should each be clothed in his presence with a robe from his own wardrobe before they returned home. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 fixed _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 purveyor purveyor NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 wardrobe wardrobe NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 51 before before SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 54 home home ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | past · do-support | history | | | there | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **wipe out** | to-infinitive | history *not said here* | the memory | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source | | 3 | **undergo** | past · perfect | archives *= archive* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **command** | past | history | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **clothe** | should · passive | | the tailor and the purveyor and the merchant | | history's presence with a robe | | from history's own wardrobe | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **return** | past | archives *= archive* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)