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title: But when he reached Mossoul, Ali had made such friends with some Per… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: But when he reached Mossoul, Ali had made such friends with some Persian merchants, that they persuaded him to accompany them to their native land, and even as far as India, and so it came to pass that seven years had slipped by since he had left Bagdad, and during all that time the friend with whom
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 20

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But when he reached Mossoul, Ali had made such friends with some Persian merchants, that they persuaded him to accompany them to their native land, and even as far as India, and so it came to pass that seven years had slipped by since he had left Bagdad, and during all that time the friend with whom he had left the vase of olives had never once thought of him or of it.

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**Who acts:** Ali, friends, land, seven years · **What happens:** reach, make, persuade, accompany, come, pass · **To what, where:** Mossoul, Ali, friends, native land, that, Bagdad

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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 (Ali, friends, land, seven years), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:36:20
# text = But when he reached Mossoul, Ali had made such friends with some Persian merchants, that they persuaded him to accompany them to their native land, and even as far as India, and so it came to pass that seven years had slipped by since he had left Bagdad, and during all that time the friend with whom he had left the vase of olives had never once thought of him or of it.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	Mossoul	Mossoul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	accompany	accompany	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	even	even	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
31	as	as	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
33	as	as	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	obj	_	_
43	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	nummod	_	_
44	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
45	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	slipped	slip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	41	advcl	_	_
47	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
48	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	ccomp	_	_
52	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
55	during	during	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	58	det:predet	_	_
57	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	58	det	_	_
58	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nsubj:pass	_	_
61	with	with	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	60	nmod	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
64	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	62	acl:relcl	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nmod	_	_
70	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
71	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	72	advmod	_	_
72	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	73	advmod	_	_
73	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	obl	_	_
76	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | Ali | Mossoul |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mossoul=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past · perfect · passive |  | Ali |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary friend=Product |
| 3 | **persuade** | past | friends *= friend* | Ali |  |  |  | far *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result |
| 4 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | Ali *not said here* | friends *= friend* |  | friends's native land |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to land=Destination |
| 5 | **come** | past | land |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **pass** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory |
| 7 | **slip** | past · perfect | seven years |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **leave** | past · perfect | Ali | Bagdad |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bagdad=Theme |
| 9 | **leave** | past · perfect | Ali | the vase of olives |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vase=Theme |
| 10 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | the friend |  |  | time | of Ali; once *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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