--- title: The next day, after evening prayer, the Caliph entered the hall, and… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The next day, after evening prayer, the Caliph entered the hall, and was followed by the vizir bringing with him the two men of whom we have spoken, and a third, with whom we have nothing to do. Who acts: Caliph, vizir, we. 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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, vizir, we), 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:pg128:33:19 # text = The next day, after evening prayer, the Caliph entered the hall, and was followed by the vizir bringing with him the two men of whom we have spoken, and a third, with whom we have nothing to do. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 bringing bring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nmod _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 advcl _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | the Caliph | the hall | | | day | a third *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination | | 2 | **follow** | past · passive | the vizir | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | gerund | the vizir *not said here* | | the two men | | | with vizir | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | present | we | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)