--- title: She called her women and asked if they knew where he was, and whilst… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: She called her women and asked if they knew where he was, and whilst they were telling her that they had seen him enter the tent, but had not noticed his leaving it, she took up her belt and perceived that the little pouch was open and the talisman gone. Who acts: wife, women, Prince, little pouch. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/7/) [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/) / 7 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 7 She called her women and asked if they knew where he was, and whilst they were telling her that they had seen him enter the tent, but had not noticed his leaving it, she took up her belt and perceived that the little pouch was open and the talisman gone. **Who acts:** wife, women, Prince, little pouch · **What happens:** call, ask, know, be, tell, see · **To what, where:** women, wife, Prince, tent, belt · **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 (wife, women, Prince, little pouch), 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:pg128:26:7 # text = She called her women and asked if they knew where he was, and whilst they were telling her that they had seen him enter the tent, but had not noticed his leaving it, she took up her belt and perceived that the little pouch was open and the talisman gone. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 obl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 ccomp _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 gone gone NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | wife | | wife's women | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | women *= woman* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | women *= woman* | | wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | women *= woman* | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **enter** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the tent | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tent=Destination | | 8 | **not** **notice** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **leave** | gerund | Prince | tent | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **take up** | past | wife | wife's belt | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Theme | | 11 | **perceive** | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **is** | past | the little pouch | | | | | open *property* | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)