--- title: Noureddin dared not appear all that day, and fearing to take refuge… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Noureddin dared not appear all that day, and fearing to take refuge with his usual associates in case his father should seek him there, he spent the day in a secluded garden where he was not known. Who acts: Noureddin, father, Saouy. 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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 (Noureddin, father, Saouy), 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:pg128:28:63 # text = Noureddin dared not appear all that day, and fearing to take refuge with his usual associates in case his father should seek him there, he spent the day in a secluded garden where he was not known. 1 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 associates associate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 secluded secluded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dare** | past | Noureddin | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **appear** | infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | | | | day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fear** | gerund | Noureddin *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | refuge | | | | with Saouy's usual associates | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuge=Theme | | 5 | **seek** | should | Saouy's father | Saouy | | case; there | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in case=Location | | 6 | **spend** | past | Saouy | | | a secluded garden | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · passive | | Saouy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/)