--- title: I therefore spent the morning roaming about from one garden to anoth… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I therefore spent the morning roaming about from one garden to another, turning over various plans for compelling my wife to give up her horrible ways; I thought of using violence to make her submit, but felt reluctant to be unkind to her. Who acts: I, sound. 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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 (I, 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:pg128:34:102 # text = I therefore spent the morning roaming about from one garden to another, turning over various plans for compelling my wife to give up her horrible ways; I thought of using violence to make her submit, but felt reluctant to be unkind to her. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 roaming roam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 compelling compel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 reluctant reluctant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | I | | | | morning | therefore *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **roam** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | one garden to another | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from garden=Trajectory | | 3 | **turn** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | various plans | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over plan=Trajectory | | 4 | **compel** | gerund | I *not said here* | my wife | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 5 | **give up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | sound's horrible ways | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Source | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **use** | gerund | I *not said here* | violence | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent violence=Patient | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | sound | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **submit** | infinitive | sound *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **feel** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | reluctant *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | sound | | | unkind *property* | tree rules | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)