--- title: This was done, and early the following morning, when the whole palac… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: This was done, and early the following morning, when the whole palace was wrapped in sleep, she stole up on to the roof, where the prince was already awaiting her, with his horse's head towards Persia. Who acts: Firouz, prince. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Openin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/7/) [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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/) / 7 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 7 This was done, and early the following morning, when the whole palace was wrapped in sleep, she stole up on to the roof, where the prince was already awaiting her, with his horse's head towards Persia. **Who acts:** Firouz, prince · **What happens:** do, follow, wrap, steal up, await · **To what, where:** This, whole palace, sleep, roof, Firouz This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Firouz, prince), 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:pg128:39:7 # text = This was done, and early the following morning, when the whole palace was wrapped in sleep, she stole up on to the roof, where the prince was already awaiting her, with his horse's head towards Persia. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 already already ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 awaiting await VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 towards towards ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | This | | | morning | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wrap** | past · passive | | the whole palace | | sleep | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in sleep=Destination | | 4 | **steal up** | past | Firouz | | | the roof | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Location | | 5 | **await** | past · progressive | the prince | Firouz | | | | with Prince's horse's head towards Persia | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)