--- title: The return voyage was as prosperous as the former one, and though it… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The return voyage was as prosperous as the former one, and though it was night when the ship entered the harbour, the captain lost no time in landing with his passenger, whom he conducted to the palace, where he begged an audience with the king. Who acts: return voyage, voyage, ship, captain. 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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 (return voyage, voyage, ship, captain), 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:pg128:27:39 # text = The return voyage was as prosperous as the former one, and though it was night when the ship entered the harbour, the captain lost no time in landing with his passenger, whom he conducted to the palace, where he begged an audience with the king. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 though though ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 landing land VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 passenger passenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the return voyage | | | | | as the former one; prosperous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | voyage | | | | though night | | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | past | the ship | the harbour | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbour=Destination | | 4 | **lose** | past | the captain | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **land** | gerund | the captain *not said here* | | | | | with captain's passenger | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **conduct** | past | captain | captain's passenger | | the palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to palace=Destination | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | captain | a audience | | | | with the king | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent audience=Recipient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)