--- title: Then the Caliph, convinced that the man was a thief, bade them take… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Caliph, convinced that the man was a thief, bade them take him away and hang him, which was done, but not before he had confessed his guilt and the place in which he had hidden Ali Cogia's money. Who acts: Caliph, man, merchants. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/44/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/) / 44 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 44 Then the Caliph, convinced that the man was a thief, bade them take him away and hang him, which was done, but not before he had confessed his guilt and the place in which he had hidden Ali Cogia's money. **Who acts:** Caliph, man, merchants · **What happens:** convince, be, take away, hang, do, not confess · **To what, where:** thief, Caliph, guilt, money, place This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Caliph, man, merchants), 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:pg128:37:44 # text = Then the Caliph, convinced that the man was a thief, bade them take him away and hang him, which was done, but not before he had confessed his guilt and the place in which he had hidden Ali Cogia's money. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 convinced convince VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 28 before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 confessed confess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 45 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convince** | past | the Caliph | | | | then | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 2 | **is a** | past | the man | a thief and bade | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take away** | present | merchants *= merchant* | Caliph | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **hang** | infinitive | merchants *= merchant* *not said here* | Caliph | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **do** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **confess** | past · perfect | Caliph | Caliph's guilt and the place | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guilt=Topic | | 7 | **hide** | past · perfect | Caliph | Ali's money | | the place | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent money=Patient in which=Location | 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/pg128/37/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)