--- title: Leaving the beautiful Persian shut up in the room alone, he went out… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Leaving the beautiful Persian shut up in the room alone, he went out to seek the slave merchants, announcing to them that he had found the pearl among slaves, and asking them to come and put a value upon her. Who acts: lord. 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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 (lord), 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:pg128:29:13 # text = Leaving the beautiful Persian shut up in the room alone, he went out to seek the slave merchants, announcing to them that he had found the pearl among slaves, and asking them to come and put a value upon her. 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 3 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 4 Persian persian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 5 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 10 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 out out ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 announcing announce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 among among ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | lord *not said here* | the beautiful Persian shut room | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 2 | **shut up** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go out** | past | lord | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** | to-infinitive | lord *not said here* | the slave merchants | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | gerund | lord *not said here* | | merchants *= merchant* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | lord | the pearl | | | | among slaves | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Topic | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | lord *not said here* | | merchants *= merchant* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lord *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **put** | infinitive | lord *not said here* | a value | | | | upon Hagi | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent value=Theme upon she=Destination | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)