--- title: The Indian, delighted with the success of his scheme, mounted the ho… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Indian, delighted with the success of his scheme, mounted the horse, assisted the princess to mount behind him, and turned the peg at the very moment that the prince was leaving the palace in Schiraz for the country house, followed closely by the Sultan and all the court. 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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 (Indian, prince, 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:pg128:39:31 # text = The Indian, delighted with the success of his scheme, mounted the horse, assisted the princess to mount behind him, and turned the peg at the very moment that the prince was leaving the palace in Schiraz for the country house, followed closely by the Sultan and all the court. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 scheme scheme NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 assisted assist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 behind behind ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 peg peg NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Schiraz Schiraz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 47 closely closely ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mount** | past | the Indian | the horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **assist** | past | the Indian *not said here* | | the princess | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Beneficiary | | 3 | **mount** | to-infinitive | the Indian *not said here* | | | | | behind Sultan | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent behind he=Destination | | 4 | **turn** | past | the Indian *not said here* | the peg | | | moment | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent peg=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | past · progressive | the prince | the palace | | Schiraz | | for the country house | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme in schiraz=Location | | 6 | **follow** | participle | the prince *not said here* | | | | | by the Sultan and all court; closely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sultan=Location | | 7 | **scheme** | | Sultan | | | | | | nom scheme «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)