--- title: The Caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, was much pleased with the tale of the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, was much pleased with the tale of the blind man and the dervish, and when it was finished he turned to the young man who had ill-treated his horse, and inquired his name also. Who acts: Caliph, young man, blind man. 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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 (Caliph, young man, blind man), 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:pg128:34:43 # text = The Caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, was much pleased with the tale of the blind man and the dervish, and when it was finished he turned to the young man who had ill-treated his horse, and inquired his name also. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Haroun Haroun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Raschid Raschid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 also also ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Caliph and Haroun | | | | | with the tale of the blind man and the dervish; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **finish** | past · passive | | tale | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | past | Caliph | | | | | to the young man *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to man=Result | | 4 | **have** | past | the young man | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **treat** | participle | the young man *not said here* | | Caliph's horse | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient | | 6 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | Caliph *not said here* | Caliph's name | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 7 | **tell** | | the blind man and the dervish | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **name** | | Caliph | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)