--- title: A doorkeeper, named Sangiar, who had been a slave of Khacan's, heari… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: A doorkeeper, named Sangiar, who had been a slave of Khacan's, hearing this order given, slipped out of the king's apartment, and hastened to warn Noureddin to take flight instantly with the beautiful Persian. Who acts: doorkeeper. 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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 (doorkeeper), 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:pg128:29:40 # text = A doorkeeper, named Sangiar, who had been a slave of Khacan's, hearing this order given, slipped out of the king's apartment, and hastened to warn Noureddin to take flight instantly with the beautiful Persian. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doorkeeper doorkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 Sangiar Sangiar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 33 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | a doorkeeper and a slave *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past · perfect | a doorkeeper and a slave | a slave | | | | of Khacan | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | a doorkeeper and a slave *not said here* | this order | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer order=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | participle | | this order *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **slip out** | past | a doorkeeper and a slave | the king's apartment | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent apartment=Patient | | 6 | **hasten** | participle | a doorkeeper and a slave *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | a doorkeeper and a slave *not said here* | | Noureddin | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent noureddin=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | a doorkeeper and a slave *not said here* | flight | | | | with the beautiful Persian; instantly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)