--- title: Since the death of his father this Noureddin has run through his ent… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Since the death of his father this Noureddin has run through his entire fortune, has sold all his possessions, and is now reduced to selling the slave. Who acts: Noureddin, father, Majesty. 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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, Majesty), 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:pg128:29:30 # text = Since the death of his father this Noureddin has run through his entire fortune, has sold all his possessions, and is now reduced to selling the slave. 1 Since since ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 26 to to SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · perfect | this Noureddin | Majesty's father *not said here* | | Majesty's entire fortune | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent father=Theme through fortune=Trajectory | | 2 | **sell** | present · perfect | | Majesty's possessions | | | since the death of Majesty's father | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 3 | **reduce** | present · passive | | | | | now | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **sell** | gerund | | the slave | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slave=Theme | | 5 | **die** | | Majesty's father | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **possess** | | Majesty | | | | | | nom possession «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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)