--- title: On the eleventh day the bird and the prince reached a large town, an… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: On the eleventh day the bird and the prince reached a large town, and as soon as they were close to its walls the bird took a sudden and higher flight and was shortly completely out of sight, whilst Camaralzaman felt in despair at having to give up all hopes of ever recovering the talisman of the Pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/97/) [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/) / 97 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 97 On the eleventh day the bird and the prince reached a large town, and as soon as they were close to its walls the bird took a sudden and higher flight and was shortly completely out of sight, whilst Camaralzaman felt in despair at having to give up all hopes of ever recovering the talisman of the Princess Badoura. **Who acts:** bird, towns, Camaralzaman, hopes · **What happens:** reach, be, take, feel, have, give up · **To what, where:** large town, sudden higher flight, sight, hopes, talisman 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 (bird, towns, Camaralzaman, hopes), 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:pg128:25:97 # text = On the eleventh day the bird and the prince reached a large town, and as soon as they were close to its walls the bird took a sudden and higher flight and was shortly completely out of sight, whilst Camaralzaman felt in despair at having to give up all hopes of ever recovering the talisman of the Princess Badoura. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 eleventh eleventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 35 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 completely completely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 at at SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 53 of of SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 55 advmod _ _ 55 recovering recover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Badoura Badoura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the bird and the prince | a large town | | | day | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | towns *= town* | | | | | to bird's walls; close, soon *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | the bird | a sudden higher flight | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the bird and the prince *not said here* | | | sight | | completely *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | past | Camaralzaman | | | | | in despair | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in despair=Attribute | | 6 | **have** | gerund | Camaralzaman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give up** | to-infinitive | Camaralzaman *not said here* | all hopes | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Source | | 8 | **recover** | gerund | all hopes *not said here* | the talisman of the Princess Badoura | | | ever | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talisman=Theme | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)