--- title: Before, however, this was done, the dervish went up to a great golde… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Before, however, this was done, the dervish went up to a great golden vase, beautifully chased, and took from it a small wooden box, which he hid in the bosom of his dress, merely saying that it contained a special kind of ointment. Who acts: dervish, small wooden box, box. 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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 (dervish, small wooden box, box), 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:pg128:33:60 # text = Before, however, this was done, the dervish went up to a great golden vase, beautifully chased, and took from it a small wooden box, which he hid in the bosom of his dress, merely saying that it contained a special kind of ointment. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 merely merely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 ointment ointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | however *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **go up** | past | the dervish | | | | | to a great golden vase | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **chase** | participle | | | | | | beautifully *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | the dervish *not said here* | a small wooden box | | vase | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent box=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hide** | past | a small wooden box | | | the bosom of Commander's dress | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bosom=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the dervish *not said here* | | | | | merely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **contain** | past | box | a special kind of ointment | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme | | 8 | **bosom** | | | Commander's dress | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)