--- title: The prince, who had watched the whole scene with much interest, now… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The prince, who had watched the whole scene with much interest, now drew near the spot where it happened, and glancing at the dead bird he noticed something red lying near which had evidently fallen out of its inside. Who acts: prince, it. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/49/) [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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/) / 49 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 49 The prince, who had watched the whole scene with much interest, now drew near the spot where it happened, and glancing at the dead bird he noticed something red lying near which had evidently fallen out of its inside. **Who acts:** prince, it · **What happens:** watch, draw, happen, glance, notice, lie · **To what, where:** whole scene, spot, something, inside · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, it), 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:pg128:26:49 # text = The prince, who had watched the whole scene with much interest, now drew near the spot where it happened, and glancing at the dead bird he noticed something red lying near which had evidently fallen out of its inside. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 near near ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 glancing glance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 csubj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 31 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 obj _ _ 32 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 33 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 34 near near ADP IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 inside inside NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · perfect | the prince | the whole scene | | | | with much interest | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | | | | the spot | now | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **glance** | gerund | | | | | | at the dead bird | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at bird=Theme | | 5 | **notice** | past | Prince | something | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fall** | past · perfect | | | | spot's inside | | evidently *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out inside=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)