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title: As the palace of the new king, or rather of the Princess Badoura, ov… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 96

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As the palace of the new king, or rather of the Princess Badoura, overlooked the harbour, she saw the ship entering it and asked what vessel it was coming in so gaily decked with flags, and was told that it was a ship from the Island of the Idolaters which yearly brought rich merchandise.

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**Who acts:** rest, ship, vessel · **What happens:** overlook, see, enter, ask, come in, deck · **To what, where:** harbour, ship, Island · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (rest, ship, vessel), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:26:96
# text = As the palace of the new king, or rather of the Princess Badoura, overlooked the harbour, she saw the ship entering it and asked what vessel it was coming in so gaily decked with flags, and was told that it was a ship from the Island of the Idolaters which yearly brought rich merchandise.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Badoura	Badoura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
16	overlooked	overlook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	acl	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
28	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	29	det	_	_
29	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	ccomp	_	_
33	in	in	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
35	gaily	gaily	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	decked	deck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	ccomp	_	_
48	from	from	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Idolaters	Idolater	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
54	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	obj	_	_
55	yearly	yearly	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
56	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
57	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	merchandise	merchandise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overlook** | past |  | the harbour |  |  |  | as the palace of the new king | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harbour=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | rest | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus |
| 3 | **enter** | gerund | the ship *not said here* | ship |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | rest *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **come in** | past · progressive | what vessel |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **deck** | participle | what vessel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with flags; gaily *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flag=Theme |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 8 | **is a** | past | ship | a ship |  | the Island of the Idolaters |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **bring** | past |  | a ship |  |  |  | yearly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Destination merchandise=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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