--- title: He presently fell down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to s… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He presently fell down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin's mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty years out of the country. Who acts: bade, Mustapha. 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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 (bade, Mustapha), 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:pg128:30:102 # text = He presently fell down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin's mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty years out of the country. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 Mustapha Mustapha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 Aladdin Aladdin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 23 at at SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 before before ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 34 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | bade | | | | | down, presently *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kiss** | past | bade *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Co-Agent | | 3 | **use** | past | Mustapha | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **sit** | to-infinitive | Mustapha *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bid** | gerund | Mustapha *not said here* | Aladdin's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **see** | gerund · perfect | | bade | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** | past · perfect | bade | | | the country | year | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out country=Location | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)