--- title: They waited some time, expecting that every moment he might be seen… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: They waited some time, expecting that every moment he might be seen returning in the distance, but at length the Indian grew frightened, and prostrating himself before the throne, he said to the king, "Sire, your Highness must have noticed that the prince, in his impatience, did not allow me to tell --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/76/) [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/) / 76 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 76 They waited some time, expecting that every moment he might be seen returning in the distance, but at length the Indian grew frightened, and prostrating himself before the throne, he said to the king, "Sire, your Highness must have noticed that the prince, in his impatience, did not allow me to tell him what it was necessary to do in order to return to the place from which he started. **Who acts:** sight, man, length, impatience · **What happens:** wait, expect, see, return, grow, frighten · **To what, where:** man, king, Highness, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (sight, man, length, impatience), 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:pg128:37:76 # text = They waited some time, expecting that every moment he might be seen returning in the distance, but at length the Indian grew frightened, and prostrating himself before the throne, he said to the king, "Sire, your Highness must have noticed that the prince, in his impatience, did not allow me to tell him what it was necessary to do in order to return to the place from which he started. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 prostrating prostrate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux _ _ 47 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 iobj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 66 nsubj _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 expl _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 66 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 ccomp _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 csubj _ _ 69 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 72 mark _ _ 70 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 fixed _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 advcl _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 76 from from ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 79 obl _ _ 78 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | sight | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **expect** | gerund | sight *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | might · passive | | man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | in the distance | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grow** | past | length | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **frighten** | participle | length *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **prostrate** | gerund | length *not said here* | man | | | before the throne | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | the king and Sire | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **notice** *in a quote* | must · perfect · passive | | your Highness | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 10 | **not** **allow** *in a quote* | past · do-support | man's impatience *not said here* | | man | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | man's impatience *not said here* | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 12 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **return** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 15 | **start** *in a quote* | past | man | | | the place | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)