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title: The next thing was to divide the camels, and to charge them with the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: The next thing was to divide the camels, and to charge them with the treasure, after which we each took command of our own and marched out of the valley, till we reached the place in the high road where the routes diverge, and then we parted, the dervish going towards Balsora, and I to Bagdad. Who a
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 33, sentence 62

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The next thing was to divide the camels, and to charge them with the treasure, after which we each took command of our own and marched out of the valley, till we reached the place in the high road where the routes diverge, and then we parted, the dervish going towards Balsora, and I to Bagdad.

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**Who acts:** next thing, we, routes, dervish · **What happens:** be, charge, take, march, reach, diverge · **To what, where:** camels, command, valley, place, high road, dervish

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This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next thing, we, routes, dervish), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:33:62
# text = The next thing was to divide the camels, and to charge them with the treasure, after which we each took command of our own and marched out of the valley, till we reached the place in the high road where the routes diverge, and then we parted, the dervish going towards Balsora, and I to Bagdad.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	divide	divide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	charge	charge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obl	_	_
20	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	nsubj	_	_
22	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
23	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	nmod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
29	out	out	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
43	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	46	advmod	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
46	diverge	diverge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	51	advmod	_	_
50	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	parted	part	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
55	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	54	acl	_	_
56	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	Balsora	Balsora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	conj	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the next thing |  |  |  |  | divide *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **charge** | to-infinitive |  |  | camels *= camel* |  |  | with the treasure | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with treasure=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | we | command of our own |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 4 | **march** | past | we *not said here* |  |  | the valley |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out valley=Trajectory |
| 5 | **reach** | past | we | the place |  | the high road |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 6 | **diverge** | present | the routes |  |  |  |  |  | vn differ-23.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **part** | past | we | the dervish |  |  | then |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dervish=Patient |
| 8 | **go** | gerund | the dervish *not said here* |  |  | Balsora |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards balsora=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**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.

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