--- title: Now here it must be related that when the Caliph went upstairs with… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Now here it must be related that when the Caliph went upstairs with the plate of fish he ordered the vizir to hasten to the palace and bring back four slaves bearing a change of raiment, who should wait outside the pavilion till the Caliph should clap his hands. 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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 (gold, Caliph, Noureddin, vizir), 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:pg128:30:40 # text = Now here it must be related that when the Caliph went upstairs with the plate of fish he ordered the vizir to hasten to the palace and bring back four slaves bearing a change of raiment, who should wait outside the pavilion till the Caliph should clap his hands. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 12 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 hasten hasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 41 outside outside ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 pavilion pavilion NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 clap clap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | gold | | | here | | related *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | the Caliph | | | | | with the plate of fish; upstairs *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with plate=Beneficiary | | 3 | **order** | past | Noureddin | the vizir | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent vizir=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **hasten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the vizir *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to palace=Destination | | 5 | **bring back** | infinitive | the vizir *not said here* | four slaves | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent slave=Theme | | 6 | **bear** | gerund | four slaves *not said here* | a change of raiment | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Patient | | 7 | **wait** | should | a change of raiment | | | the pavilion | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside pavilion=Location | | 8 | **clap** | should | the Caliph | Noureddin's hands | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 9 | **change** | | raiment | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)