--- title: When he came back and saw two persons asleep on the sofas he was abo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When he came back and saw two persons asleep on the sofas he was about to drive them out with blows, but drawing nearer he perceived that they were a handsome young man and beautiful young woman, and decided to awake them by gentler means. Who acts: keeper, persons. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/57/) [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/) / 57 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 29, sentence 57 When he came back and saw two persons asleep on the sofas he was about to drive them out with blows, but drawing nearer he perceived that they were a handsome young man and beautiful young woman, and decided to awake them by gentler means. **Who acts:** keeper, persons · **What happens:** come back, see, be, drive out, draw, perceive · **To what, where:** sofas, persons, handsome young man 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 (keeper, persons), 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:pg128:29:57 # text = When he came back and saw two persons asleep on the sofas he was about to drive them out with blows, but drawing nearer he perceived that they were a handsome young man and beautiful young woman, and decided to awake them by gentler means. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 nsubj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sofas sofa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 csubj _ _ 25 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 xcomp _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 awake awake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 gentler gentle ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 obl _ _ 47 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | keeper | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | keeper *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | keeper | the sofas *not said here* | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **drive out** | to-infinitive | keeper *not said here* | persons *= person* | | | | with blows | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | | 5 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **perceive** | past | keeper | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | persons *= person* | a handsome young man and beautiful young woman | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **decide** | past | keeper *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **awake** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | keeper *not said here* | persons *= person* | | | | by gentler | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 10 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)