--- title: Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes, and took him all… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes, and took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. Who acts: bade. 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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), 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:pg128:30:105 # text = Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes, and took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Aladdin Aladdin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sights sight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | bade | a fine suit of clothes | Aladdin | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent aladdin=Beneficiary suit=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | bade *not said here* | | bade | the city | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **show** | gerund | bade *not said here* | the sights | bade | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sight=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | past | bade *not said here* | bade | bade's mother | nightfall | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to mother=Destination | | 5 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | bade's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | mother's son | | | | fine *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)