--- title: As may be guessed, after such a scene it was long before I could clo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As may be guessed, after such a scene it was long before I could close my eyes, and at the first sound which called the faithful to prayer, I put on my clothes and went to the mosque. Who acts: I, expedition, first sound. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, par --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/100/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/) / 100 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 34, sentence 100 As may be guessed, after such a scene it was long before I could close my eyes, and at the first sound which called the faithful to prayer, I put on my clothes and went to the mosque. **Who acts:** I, expedition, first sound · **What happens:** guess, be, close, call, put, go · **To what, where:** eyes, prayer, clothes, mosque · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, expedition, first sound), 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:pg128:34:100 # text = As may be guessed, after such a scene it was long before I could close my eyes, and at the first sound which called the faithful to prayer, I put on my clothes and went to the mosque. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 guessed guess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 9 det:predet _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 mosque mosque NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | may · passive | I *not said here* | | | | after such scene and the first sound | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» | | 2 | **is** | past | expedition | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **close** | could | I | my eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **call** | past | the first sound | | prayer | | | faithful *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prayer=Recipient | | 5 | **put** | past | I | | | my clothes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | | 6 | **go** | past | I *not said here* | | | the mosque | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mosque=Initial\_Location | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)