--- title: When the Sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When the Sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the princess that very day. Who acts: Sultan, Aladdin, that. 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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 (Sultan, Aladdin, that), 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:pg128:31:108 # text = When the Sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the princess that very day. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 intending intend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Sultan | Aladdin | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **come down** | past | Aladdin | | | Aladdin's throne | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from throne=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **embrace** | past | Aladdin *not said here* | Aladdin | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **lead** | past | Aladdin *not said here* | Aladdin | | a hall | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into hall=Destination | | 5 | **spread** | past · passive | | a feast | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **intend** | gerund | Aladdin *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Aladdin *not said here* | Aladdin | | | | to the princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to princess=Co-Patient | | 8 | **day** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/31/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/31/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/31/)