--- title: Accordingly the tents were pitched, and the princess entering hers w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Accordingly the tents were pitched, and the princess entering hers whilst the prince was giving his further orders, removed her girdle, which she placed beside her, and desiring her women to leave her, lay down and was soon asleep. Who acts: princess, further orders, girdle, Prince. 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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 (princess, further orders, girdle, 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:pg128:25:75 # text = Accordingly the tents were pitched, and the princess entering hers whilst the prince was giving his further orders, removed her girdle, which she placed beside her, and desiring her women to leave her, lay down and was soon asleep. 1 Accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 pitched pitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 10 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 beside beside ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 desiring desire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 40 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pitch** | past · passive | | the tents | | | | accordingly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **enter** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | princess | | | whilst the prince | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme her=Destination | | 3 | **give** | past · progressive | the princess | Prince's further orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 4 | **remove** | past | Prince's further orders *not said here* | princess's girdle | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girdle=Theme | | 5 | **place** | past | princess's girdle | | | | | beside princess | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beside she=Destination | | 6 | **desire** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | princess's women | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot woman=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **lay down** | infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | asleep, soon *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **order** | | Prince | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)