--- title: The ship on which he embarked had a prosperous voyage till she got w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The ship on which he embarked had a prosperous voyage till she got within sight of the capital of King Schahzaman, but when just about to enter the harbour she suddenly struck on a rock, and foundered within sight of the palace where the prince was living with his father and the grand-vizir. 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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 (story, ship, Marzavan, prince), 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:pg128:24:82 # text = The ship on which he embarked had a prosperous voyage till she got within sight of the capital of King Schahzaman, but when just about to enter the harbour she suddenly struck on a rock, and foundered within sight of the palace where the prince was living with his father and the grand-vizir. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 embarked embark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 within within ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Schahzaman Schahzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 about about ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 enter enter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 foundered founder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 40 within within ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 acl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embark** | past | story | | | the ship | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the ship | a prosperous voyage | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voyage=Patient | | 3 | **get** | past | Marzavan | | | | | within sight of the capital of King Schahzaman | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **enter** | to-infinitive | | the harbour | | | | about *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbour=Destination | | 5 | **strike** | past | Marzavan | the harbour *not said here* | | | | on a rock; suddenly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent harbour=Instrument on rock=Patient | | 6 | **founder** | past | the ship *not said here* | | | | | within sight of the palace | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | past · progressive | the prince | | | | | with prince's father and the grand vizir | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with father=Location | | 8 | **sight** | | | the capital of King Schahzaman | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **sight** | | | the palace | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)