--- title: Arrived at the palace, Saouy went in to the king, leaving Noureddin… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Arrived at the palace, Saouy went in to the king, leaving Noureddin in the square, hemmed in not only by Saouy's slaves but by the royal guard, who had great difficulty in preventing the people from rushing in and rescuing Noureddin. Who acts: Saouy, slaves, great difficulty. 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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 (Saouy, slaves, great difficulty), 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:pg128:30:74 # text = Arrived at the palace, Saouy went in to the king, leaving Noureddin in the square, hemmed in not only by Saouy's slaves but by the royal guard, who had great difficulty in preventing the people from rushing in and rescuing Noureddin. 1 Arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 hemmed hem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 in in SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 preventing prevent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 from from SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 43 in in ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 rescuing rescue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 conj _ _ 46 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | participle | Saouy *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go in** | past | Saouy | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **leave** | gerund | Saouy *not said here* | Noureddin | | the square | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent noureddin=Theme in square=Location | | 4 | **hem** | participle | | the square *not said here* | | | | in Saouy's slaves but the royal guard | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in slave=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | Saouy's slaves but the royal guard | great difficulty | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient | | 6 | **prevent** | gerund | great difficulty *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer people=Theme | | 7 | **rush in** | gerund | great difficulty *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **rescue** | gerund | great difficulty *not said here* | Noureddin | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noureddin=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)