--- title: As soon as they had filled in the grave the two flew off, and ere lo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they had filled in the grave the two flew off, and ere long returned, bringing with them the murderer, whom they held, one by a wing and the other by a leg, with their beaks, screaming and struggling with rage and terror. Who acts: birds, two, beaks. 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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 (birds, two, beaks), 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:pg128:26:47 # text = As soon as they had filled in the grave the two flew off, and ere long returned, bringing with them the murderer, whom they held, one by a wing and the other by a leg, with their beaks, screaming and struggling with rage and terror. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 struggling struggle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 conj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | past · perfect | birds *= bird* | | | the grave | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fly off** | past | the two | | | | | soon *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ere** | past | the two *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | participle | the two *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | gerund | the two *not said here* | the murderer | | | | with birds *= bird* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent murderer=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | past | birds *= bird* | the murderer | | | | by a leg with birds's beaks | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme one=Eventuality | | 7 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | birds's beaks *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **struggle** | gerund | birds's beaks *not said here* | | | | | with rage and terror | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with rage=Co-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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)