--- title: Now the attractions of Damascus so fascinated the worthy Ali, that h… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Now the attractions of Damascus so fascinated the worthy Ali, that he could hardly tear himself away, but at length he remembered that he had a home in Bagdad, meaning to return by way of Aleppo, and after he had crossed the Euphrates, to follow the course of the Tigris. Who acts: attractions, Ali. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/19/) [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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/) / 19 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 19 Now the attractions of Damascus so fascinated the worthy Ali, that he could hardly tear himself away, but at length he remembered that he had a home in Bagdad, meaning to return by way of Aleppo, and after he had crossed the Euphrates, to follow the course of the Tigris. **Who acts:** attractions, Ali · **What happens:** fascinate, tear away, remember, have, mean, return · **To what, where:** worthy Ali, Ali, length, home, Bagdad, course · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (attractions, Ali), 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:pg128:36:19 # text = Now the attractions of Damascus so fascinated the worthy Ali, that he could hardly tear himself away, but at length he remembered that he had a home in Bagdad, meaning to return by way of Aleppo, and after he had crossed the Euphrates, to follow the course of the Tigris. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 attractions attraction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fascinated fascinate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Aleppo Aleppo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 after after SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Euphrates Euphrate PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Tigris Tigris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fascinate** | past | the attractions of Damascus | the worthy Ali | | | now | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ali=Experiencer | | 2 | **tear away** | could | Ali | Ali | | | | away, hardly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location himself=Theme | | 3 | **remember** | past | Ali | | | length | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Ali | a home | | Bagdad | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient | | 5 | **mean** | gerund | Ali *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ali *not said here* | | | | | by way of Aleppo | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cross** | past · perfect | Ali | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the attractions of Damascus *not said here* | the course of the Tigris | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | | 9 | **attract** | | | Damascus | | | | | nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/)