--- title: He then made his way softly towards it, and, drawing aside its folds… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He then made his way softly towards it, and, drawing aside its folds, passed into a magnificent chamber full of sleeping women, all lying on low couches, except one, who was on a sofa; and this one, he knew, must be the princess. Who acts: prince, all, one. 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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 (prince, all, one), 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:pg128:38:4 # text = He then made his way softly towards it, and, drawing aside its folds, passed into a magnificent chamber full of sleeping women, all lying on low couches, except one, who was on a sofa; and this one, he knew, must be the princess. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 softly softly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 13 aside aside ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 amod _ _ 25 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 couches couch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 except except ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | prince | prince's way | | | then | towards way; softly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product | | 2 | **draw** | gerund | | way's folds | | | | aside *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fold=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | participle | | | | a magnificent chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie** | gerund | all | | | low couches | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on couch=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | a sofa | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | past | prince | this one *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | must | this one | the princess | | | | | tree rules | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)