--- title: Then, in order to explain how I came to be changed into a dog, I tol… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then, in order to explain how I came to be changed into a dog, I told her my whole story, and finished with rendering the mother the thanks due to her for the happiness she had brought me. Who acts: I, head. 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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, head), 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:pg128:35:72 # text = Then, in order to explain how I came to be changed into a dog, I told her my whole story, and finished with rendering the mother the thanks due to her for the happiness she had brought me. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 6 mark _ _ 4 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 fixed _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 with with SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **change** | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | into a dog *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: into dog=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | my whole story | head | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic | | 5 | **finish** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **render** | gerund | I *not said here* | the thanks | the mother | | | for the happiness; due *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient thanks=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past · perfect | head | the happiness *not said here* | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)