--- title: The Caliph then returned to the vizir, and they set to work in Schei… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Caliph then returned to the vizir, and they set to work in Scheih Ibrahim's house to cook the fish, of which they made so tempting a dish that Noureddin and the fair Persian ate of it with great relish. Who acts: Caliph, fish, Noureddin. 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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 (Caliph, fish, Noureddin), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg128:2464`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:30:17 # text = The Caliph then returned to the vizir, and they set to work in Scheih Ibrahim's house to cook the fish, of which they made so tempting a dish that Noureddin and the fair Persian ate of it with great relish. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 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 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 Scheih Scheih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 Ibrahim Ibrahim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 tempting tempting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 38 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 relish relish NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the Caliph | | | | then | to the vizir *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to vizir=Result | | 2 | **set** | past | fish | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | fish *not said here* | | | | | in Scheih's house | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in house=Theme | | 4 | **cook** | to-infinitive | fish *not said here* | the fish | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | fish | a tempting dish | | | | of the fish | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dish=Product | | 6 | **eat** | past | Noureddin and the fair Persian | | | | | of Persian; with great relish | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of it=Source | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)