--- title: Very early next morning he went out and bought fresh new olives; he… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Very early next morning he went out and bought fresh new olives; he then threw away the old ones, took out the gold and hid it, and filled up the vase with the olives he had bought. Who acts: Ali. 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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 (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:pg128:36:44 # text = Very early next morning he went out and bought fresh new olives; he then threw away the old ones, took out the gold and hid it, and filled up the vase with the olives he had bought. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 olives olive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 olives olive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | Ali | | | | morning | early, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **buy** | past | Ali *not said here* | fresh new olives | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=Theme | | 3 | **throw away** | past | Ali | the old ones | | | then | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **take out** | past | Ali *not said here* | the gold | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 5 | **hide** | past | Ali *not said here* | gold | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **fill up** | participle | Ali *not said here* | the vase | | | | with the olives | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vase=Patient with olive=Instrument | | 7 | **buy** | past · perfect | Ali | the olives *not said here* | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/)