--- title: He then put on his best clothes and went out, leaving the prince, wh… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He then put on his best clothes and went out, leaving the prince, who strolled into the garden and was soon lost in thoughts of his dear wife and their sad separation. Who acts: friend, prince, thoughts. 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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 (friend, prince, thoughts), 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:pg128:26:42 # text = He then put on his best clothes and went out, leaving the prince, who strolled into the garden and was soon lost in thoughts of his dear wife and their sad separation. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 strolled stroll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 separation separation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | friend | | | friend's best clothes | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | | 2 | **go out** | past | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave** | gerund | friend *not said here* | the prince | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | | 4 | **stroll** | past | the prince | | | the garden | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into garden=Destination | | 5 | **lose** | past · passive | friend *not said here* | | | thoughts of friend's dear wife and thoughts's sad separation | | soon *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in thought=Eventuality | | 6 | **think** | | | friend's dear wife and thoughts's sad separation | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **separate** | | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | | nom separation «state intransitive»: 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)