--- title: Marzavan, who swam well, threw himself into the sea and managed to l… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Marzavan, who swam well, threw himself into the sea and managed to land close to the palace, where he was kindly received, and after having a change of clothing given him was brought before the grand-vizir. Who acts: Marzavan, clothing. 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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 (Marzavan, clothing), 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:pg128:24:83 # text = Marzavan, who swam well, threw himself into the sea and managed to land close to the palace, where he was kindly received, and after having a change of clothing given him was brought before the grand-vizir. 1 Marzavan Marzavan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | Marzavan | | | | | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past | Marzavan *not said here* | prince | | | | into the sea *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer himself=Theme into sea=Result | | 3 | **manage** | past | Marzavan *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **land** | to-infinitive | Marzavan *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **receive** | past · passive | | prince | | | | kindly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **have** | gerund | | a change of clothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Patient | | 7 | **give** | participle | clothing *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **bring** | past · passive | Marzavan *not said here* | | | the grand vizir | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: before vizir=Destination | | 9 | **change** | | clothing | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)