--- title: When the captain of the guard reached Noureddin's house he caused hi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When the captain of the guard reached Noureddin's house he caused his soldiers to burst open the door and to enter by force, but no trace was to be found of Noureddin and his slave, nor could the neighbours give any information about them. Who acts: captain, Noureddin, soldiers, neighbours. A senten --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/45/) [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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/) / 45 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 29, sentence 45 When the captain of the guard reached Noureddin's house he caused his soldiers to burst open the door and to enter by force, but no trace was to be found of Noureddin and his slave, nor could the neighbours give any information about them. **Who acts:** captain, Noureddin, soldiers, neighbours · **What happens:** reach, cause, burst, open, enter, find · **To what, where:** house, soldiers, door, trace, information This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (captain, Noureddin, soldiers, neighbours), 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:pg128:29:45 # text = When the captain of the guard reached Noureddin's house he caused his soldiers to burst open the door and to enter by force, but no trace was to be found of Noureddin and his slave, nor could the neighbours give any information about them. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 8 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the captain of the guard | Noureddin's house | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **cause** | past | Noureddin | Noureddin's soldiers | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **burst** | to-infinitive | Noureddin's soldiers *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | infinitive | Noureddin's soldiers *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | to-infinitive | Noureddin's soldiers *not said here* | | | | | by force | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past · passive | | no trace | | | | of Noureddin and Noureddin's slave | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **give** | could | the neighbours | any information | | | | about Euphrates *= euphrate* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)