--- title: But when they had made their preparation, and they began to buy the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But when they had made their preparation, and they began to buy the merchandise we needed, they found they had spent every piece of the thousand sequins I had given them. Who acts: journey, we, I. 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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 (journey, we, I), 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:pg128:3:16 # text = But when they had made their preparation, and they began to buy the merchandise we needed, they found they had spent every piece of the thousand sequins I had given them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 preparation preparation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 merchandise merchandise NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 sequins sequin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect | journey | journey's preparation | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset preparation=Product | | 2 | **begin** | past | journey | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | journey *not said here* | the merchandise | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchandise=Theme | | 4 | **need** | past | we | the merchandise *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot merchandise=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | journey | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **spend** | past · perfect | journey | every piece of the thousand sequins | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Asset | | 7 | **give** | past · perfect | I | journey | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **prepare** | | journey | | | | | | nom preparation «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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/)