--- title: Going straight to the country house, he informed the doorkeeper who… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Going straight to the country house, he informed the doorkeeper who was left in charge that he had been sent by the Sultan and by the Prince of Persia to fetch the princess on the enchanted horse, and to bring her to the palace. Who acts: Sultan. 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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 (Sultan), 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:pg128:39:29 # text = Going straight to the country house, he informed the doorkeeper who was left in charge that he had been sent by the Sultan and by the Prince of Persia to fetch the princess on the enchanted horse, and to bring her to the palace. 1 Going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 doorkeeper doorkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | Sultan *not said here* | | | the country house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | Sultan | the doorkeeper | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent doorkeeper=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **leave** | past · passive | | the doorkeeper | | charge | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in charge=Location | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | the Sultan and the Prince of Persia | Sultan | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the Sultan and the Prince of Persia *not said here* | the princess | | | | on the enchanted horse | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme on horse=Source | | 6 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | Princess | | the palace | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)