--- title: The slaves that were in waiting ran to her aid, and the Sultan himse… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The slaves that were in waiting ran to her aid, and the Sultan himself did his best to bring her back to consciousness, but for a long while it was all to no purpose. Who acts: slaves, Sultan, consciousness. 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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 (slaves, Sultan, consciousness), 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:pg128:39:65 # text = The slaves that were in waiting ran to her aid, and the Sultan himself did his best to bring her back to consciousness, but for a long while it was all to no purpose. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 nmod _ _ 16 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 consciousness consciousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 30 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | the slaves | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | the slaves | | | | | to announcement's aid *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to aid=Result | | 3 | **do** | past | the Sultan Sultan | Sultan's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 4 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | the Sultan Sultan *not said here* | announcement | | consciousness | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to consciousness=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | consciousness | | | | | to no purpose; all *property* | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)