--- title: All preparations for the journey were now pressed forwards, and when… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: All preparations for the journey were now pressed forwards, and when all was ready the king accompanied the travellers for some days, after which he took an affectionate leave of his daughter, and charging the prince to take every care of her, returned to his capital. Who acts: all, king, princess. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/72/) [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/) / 72 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 72 All preparations for the journey were now pressed forwards, and when all was ready the king accompanied the travellers for some days, after which he took an affectionate leave of his daughter, and charging the prince to take every care of her, returned to his capital. **Who acts:** all, king, princess · **What happens:** press, be, accompany, take, charge, return · **To what, where:** preparations, travellers, affectionate leave, prince, care 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 (all, king, princess), 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:pg128:25:72 # text = All preparations for the journey were now pressed forwards, and when all was ready the king accompanied the travellers for some days, after which he took an affectionate leave of his daughter, and charging the prince to take every care of her, returned to his capital. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 accompanied accompany VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 after after ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 affectionate affectionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | past · passive | | all preparations for the journey | | | now | forwards *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | all | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **accompany** | past | the king | the travellers | | | day | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | king | a affectionate leave of king's daughter | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 5 | **charge** | gerund | king *not said here* | the prince | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location prince=Theme | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | every care of princess | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | to king's capital *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to capital=Result | | 8 | **care** | | princess | | | | | | nom care «act 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)