--- title: "Do you see that mountain?" asked the king, pointing to a huge mass… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Do you see that mountain?" asked the king, pointing to a huge mass that towered into the sky about three leagues from Schiraz; "go and bring me the leaf of a palm that grows at the foot." Who acts: you, king, huge mass, palm. 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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 (you, king, huge mass, palm), 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:pg128:37:56 # text = "Do you see that mountain?" asked the king, pointing to a huge mass that towered into the sky about three leagues from Schiraz; "go and bring me the leaf of a palm that grows at the foot." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 towered tower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Schiraz Schiraz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | that mountain | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **point** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | a huge mass | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mass=Recipient | | 4 | **tower** | past | a huge mass | three leagues | | the sky | | from Schiraz | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location league=Theme | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the leaf of a palm | the king *= king* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination leaf=Theme | | 7 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | a palm | | | the foot | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at foot=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)