--- title: The gardener informed Camaralzaman that they were quite a year's lan… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The gardener informed Camaralzaman that they were quite a year's land journey to any Mahomedan country, but that there was a much shorter route by sea to the Ebony Island, from whence the Isles of the Children of Khaledan could be easily reached, and that a ship sailed once a year for the Ebony Isla --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/113/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/) / 113 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 113 The gardener informed Camaralzaman that they were quite a year's land journey to any Mahomedan country, but that there was a much shorter route by sea to the Ebony Island, from whence the Isles of the Children of Khaledan could be easily reached, and that a ship sailed once a year for the Ebony Island by which he might get so far as his very home. **Who acts:** gardener, Camaralzaman, ship · **What happens:** inform, be, reach, sail, get · **To what, where:** Camaralzaman, land journey, shorter route, Isles · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gardener, Camaralzaman, ship), 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:pg128:25:113 # text = The gardener informed Camaralzaman that they were quite a year's land journey to any Mahomedan country, but that there was a much shorter route by sea to the Ebony Island, from whence the Isles of the Children of Khaledan could be easily reached, and that a ship sailed once a year for the Ebony Island by which he might get so far as his very home. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 8 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 16 Mahomedan Mahomedan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 much much ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 26 route route NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Ebony Ebony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Isles Isle PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Khaledan Khaledan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 easily easily ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 53 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 52 advmod _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 Ebony Ebony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obl _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ _ 67 as as SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 69 very very ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 home home ADV RB _ 66 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the gardener | | Camaralzaman | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent camaralzaman=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | Camaralzaman | quite land journey | | | | to any Mahomedan country | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | | a shorter route | | | | by sea; to the Ebony Island | tree rules | | 4 | **reach** | could · passive | | the Isles of the Children of Khaledan | | | | easily *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **sail** | past | a ship | | | | | for the Ebony Island; once *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | might | gardener | | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/112/) - next →: [Opening, part 26, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)