--- title: We embraced each other tenderly, and I poured out my gratitude for t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: We embraced each other tenderly, and I poured out my gratitude for the honour he had done me, in singling me out for this great wealth, and having said a hearty farewell we turned our backs, and hastened after our camels. Who acts: We, I, thing. 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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 (We, I, thing), 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:pg128:33:63 # text = We embraced each other tenderly, and I poured out my gratitude for the honour he had done me, in singling me out for this great wealth, and having said a hearty farewell we turned our backs, and hastened after our camels. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 singling single VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 ccomp _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 hearty hearty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 43 after after ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | past | We | each | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 2 | **pour out** | past | I | my gratitude | | | | for the honour | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gratitude=Patient for honour=Beneficiary | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | thing | the honour *not said here* | me | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality | | 4 | **single out** | gerund | I *not said here* | me | | | | for this great wealth | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | a hearty farewell | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **turn** | past | we | our backs | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 8 | **hasten** | participle | | | | | after our camels | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)