--- title: I sat with my eyes fixed on him, and he never left the house without… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I sat with my eyes fixed on him, and he never left the house without having me at his heels; and if it ever happened that when he was preparing to go out I was asleep, and did not notice, he would call "Rufus, Rufus," for that was the name he gave me. Who acts: I, dog, it, that. A sentence of «The A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/32/) [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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/) / 32 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 35, sentence 32 I sat with my eyes fixed on him, and he never left the house without having me at his heels; and if it ever happened that when he was preparing to go out I was asleep, and did not notice, he would call "Rufus, Rufus," for that was the name he gave me. **Who acts:** I, dog, it, that · **What happens:** sit, fix, not leave, have, happen, prepare · **To what, where:** eyes, house, me, heels, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, dog, it, that), 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:pg128:35:32 # text = I sat with my eyes fixed on him, and he never left the house without having me at his heels; and if it ever happened that when he was preparing to go out I was asleep, and did not notice, he would call "Rufus, Rufus," for that was the name he gave me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 without without SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 27 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 out out ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Rufus Rufus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Rufus Rufus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | I | | | | | with my eyes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fix** | participle | | my eyes *not said here* | | | | on dog | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **not** **leave** | past | dog | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 4 | **have** | gerund | dog *not said here* | me | | dog's heels | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | | | | ever | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **prepare** | past · progressive | dog | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 7 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | dog *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | I | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **notice** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **call** | would | dog | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for the name | tree rules | | 12 | **give** | past | dog | the name *not said here* | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)