--- title: No sooner did the king hear that the ship which was just in port had… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner did the king hear that the ship which was just in port had on board the son of his old friend and ally than he hurried to meet the supposed prince, and had him and his retinue brought to the palace, where they were lodged and entertained sumptuously. Who acts: king, ship, retinue. 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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 (king, ship, retinue), 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:pg128:26:17 # text = No sooner did the king hear that the ship which was just in port had on board the son of his old friend and ally than he hurried to meet the supposed prince, and had him and his retinue brought to the palace, where they were lodged and entertained sumptuously. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 port port NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 board board ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 ally ally ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 than than SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 lodged lodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 entertained entertained ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 52 sumptuously sumptuously ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | the king | | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the ship | | | port | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | the ship | | | | | on the son of king's old friend | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hurry** | past | king | | | | | ally *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the supposed prince | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Co-Agent | | 6 | **suppose** | participle | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | | king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **bring** | past | king's retinue | | | the palace | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to palace=Destination | | 9 | **lodge** | past · passive | | princess | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)