--- title: Some time having elapsed, on account of the long journey, since the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Some time having elapsed, on account of the long journey, since the beautiful Persian had been to the bath, five or six days after her purchase the vizir's wife gave orders that the bath should be heated for her, and that her own female slaves should attend her there, and after-wards should array he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/23/) [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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/) / 23 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 28, sentence 23 Some time having elapsed, on account of the long journey, since the beautiful Persian had been to the bath, five or six days after her purchase the vizir's wife gave orders that the bath should be heated for her, and that her own female slaves should attend her there, and after-wards should array her in a magnificent dress that had been prepared for her. **Who acts:** beautiful Persian, five days, own female slaves, Noureddin · **What happens:** elapse, be, give, heat, attend, array · **To what, where:** time, account, orders, bath, Noureddin, magnificent dress This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beautiful Persian, five days, own female slaves, Noureddin), 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:pg128:28:23 # text = Some time having elapsed, on account of the long journey, since the beautiful Persian had been to the bath, five or six days after her purchase the vizir's wife gave orders that the bath should be heated for her, and that her own female slaves should attend her there, and after-wards should array her in a magnificent dress that had been prepared for her. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 since since SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 conj _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 heated heat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 female female NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 after after ADP IN _ 59 case _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 wards ward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 60 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 array array VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 67 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 acl:relcl _ _ 71 for for ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elapse** | gerund · perfect · passive | | some time | | account of the long journey | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | the beautiful Persian | | | | | to the bath | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | five days after Noureddin's purchase the vizir's wife | orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 4 | **heat** | should · passive | | the bath | | | | for Noureddin | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **attend** | should | Noureddin's own female slaves | | Noureddin | there | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Goal | | 6 | **array** | should | | Noureddin | | a magnificent dress | after wards | | tree rules | | 7 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | | a magnificent dress | | | | for Noureddin | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for she=Beneficiary | | 8 | **account** | | | the long journey | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **purchase** | | Noureddin | | | | | | nom purchase «act transitive»: poss=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/)