--- title: He had shut his eyes for some time to the necessity of performing th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He had shut his eyes for some time to the necessity of performing this pilgrimage, and tried to atone to his conscience by an extra number of good works, but the dream seemed to him a direct warning, and he resolved to put the journey off no longer. Who acts: Merchant, necessity, dream. 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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 (Merchant, necessity, dream), 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:pg128:35:105 # text = He had shut his eyes for some time to the necessity of performing this pilgrimage, and tried to atone to his conscience by an extra number of good works, but the dream seemed to him a direct warning, and he resolved to put the journey off no longer. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 necessity necessity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 performing perform VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 atone atone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 50 no no ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | past · perfect | Merchant | Merchant's eyes | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **perform** | gerund | the necessity *not said here* | this pilgrimage | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pilgrimage=Theme | | 3 | **try** | past | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **atone** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | to Merchant's conscience; by a extra number of good works | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | the dream | a direct warning | Merchant | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **resolve** | past | Merchant | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **put off** | to-infinitive | Merchant *not said here* | the journey | | | | long *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent journey=Goal | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/104/) - next →: [Opening, part 36, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)