--- title: After ordering a variety of dishes (which never came) to be placed o… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: After ordering a variety of dishes (which never came) to be placed on the table, and discussing the merits of each one, the Barmecide declared that having dined so well, they would now proceed to take their wine. Who acts: Barmecide, dishes, merits. 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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 (Barmecide, dishes, merits), 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:pg128:22:7 # text = After ordering a variety of dishes (which never came) to be placed on the table, and discussing the merits of each one, the Barmecide declared that having dined so well, they would now proceed to take their wine. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 ordering order VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 variety variety NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 discussing discuss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux _ _ 32 dined dine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 xcomp _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | gerund | the Barmecide *not said here* | a variety of dishes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent variety=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come** | past | dishes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **place** | to-infinitive · passive | dishes *not said here* | | | the table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on table=Destination | | 4 | **discuss** *speech: other* | gerund | the Barmecide *not said here* | the merits of each one | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Topic | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the Barmecide | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **dine** | gerund · perfect | the Barmecide *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **proceed** | would | merits *= merit* | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | merits *= merit* *not said here* | merits's wine | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)