--- title: When they had finished Noureddin took thirty gold pieces (all that r… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When they had finished Noureddin took thirty gold pieces (all that remained of what Sangiar had given him) and presented them to the Caliph, who, thanking him, asked as a further favour if the lady would play him one piece on the lute. Who acts: fish, Noureddin, that, Caliph. A sentence of «The Arab --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/) / 18 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 30, sentence 18 When they had finished Noureddin took thirty gold pieces (all that remained of what Sangiar had given him) and presented them to the Caliph, who, thanking him, asked as a further favour if the lady would play him one piece on the lute. **Who acts:** fish, Noureddin, that, Caliph, lady · **What happens:** finish, take, remain, give, present, thank · **To what, where:** thirty gold pieces, Sangiar, Noureddin, fish, Caliph, one piece This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fish, Noureddin, that, Caliph), 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:pg128:30:18 # text = When they had finished Noureddin took thirty gold pieces (all that remained of what Sangiar had given him) and presented them to the Caliph, who, thanking him, asked as a further favour if the lady would play him one piece on the lute. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 5 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 16 Sangiar Sangiar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 thanking thank VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 lute lute NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | fish | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | past | Noureddin | thirty gold pieces | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 3 | **remain** | past | that | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | Sangiar | Noureddin | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 5 | **present** | past | Noureddin *not said here* | fish | the Caliph | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to caliph=Recipient | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | the Caliph | | Noureddin | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Noureddin *not said here* | | | | | as a further favour | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **play** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the lady | one piece | Noureddin | the lute | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary piece=Theme | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)