--- title: Take the ass which is tied to the gate, lead it to the nearest wine-… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Take the ass which is tied to the gate, lead it to the nearest wine-shop, and ask some passer-by to order two jars of wine; have them put in the ass's panniers, and drive him before you. Who acts: you, jars. 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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 (you, jars), 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:pg128:29:75 # text = Take the ass which is tied to the gate, lead it to the nearest wine-shop, and ask some passer-by to order two jars of wine; have them put in the ass's panniers, and drive him before you. 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 16 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 obj _ _ 23 passer passer NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 order order VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 jars jar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 panniers pannier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 drive drive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ass | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Theme | | 2 | **tie** | present · passive | | the ass | | | | to the gate | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to gate=Co-Patient | | 3 | **lead** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ass | | the nearest wine shop | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to shop=Destination | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | some | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent some=Recipient | | 5 | **order** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | two jars of wine | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | you *not said here* | jars *= jar* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **put** | participle | jars *= jar* *not said here* | | | the ass's panniers | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pannier=Destination | | 8 | **drive** | infinitive | you *not said here* | passer | | | before you | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before you=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)