--- title: The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid sat in his palace, wondering if there w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid sat in his palace, wondering if there was anything left in the world that could possibly give him a few hours' amusement, when Giafar the grand-vizir, his old and tried friend, suddenly appeared before him. Who acts: Caliph, anything, Giafar, few hours. 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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, anything, Giafar, few hours), 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:pg128:32:113 # text = The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid sat in his palace, wondering if there was anything left in the world that could possibly give him a few hours' amusement, when Giafar the grand-vizir, his old and tried friend, suddenly appeared before him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 Haroun Haroun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Raschid Raschid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in 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 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 advcl _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 nsubj _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ' 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 34 Giafar Giafar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 44 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 48 before before ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the Caliph and al | | | al's palace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | the Caliph and al *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | in the world *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in world=Result | | 5 | **give** | could | | a few hours's amusement and the grand vizir | al | | | possibly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient amusement=Theme | | 6 | **vizir** | | Giafar | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **try** | past | | friend | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality | | 8 | **appear** | past | the Caliph and al *not said here* | | | | before al | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 9 | **amuse** | | a few hours | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/114/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/)