--- title: They then went to the baths, after which the prince put on the astro… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: They then went to the baths, after which the prince put on the astrologer's robe and was conducted within sight of the king's palace by Marzavan, who left him there and went to consult his mother, the princess's nurse. Who acts: roads, Marzavan. 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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 (roads, Marzavan), 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:pg128:25:14 # text = They then went to the baths, after which the prince put on the astrologer's robe and was conducted within sight of the king's palace by Marzavan, who left him there and went to consult his mother, the princess's nurse. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 baths bath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 astrologer astrologer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 21 within within ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Marzavan Marzavan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | roads *= road* | | | the baths | after the prince; then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bath=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **put** | participle | | the prince *not said here* | | the astrologer's robe | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on robe=Destination | | 3 | **conduct** | past · passive | Marzavan | | | | | within sight of the king's palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leave** | past | Marzavan | Marzavan | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | Marzavan *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **consult** | to-infinitive | Marzavan *not said here* | Marzavan's mother and the princess's nurse | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 7 | **sight** | | | the king's 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)