--- title: The first thing he did was to procure a doctor's robe, so that his d… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The first thing he did was to procure a doctor's robe, so that his dress, added to the long beard he had allowed to grow on his travels, might unmistakably proclaim his profession. Who acts: rest, first thing, long beard. 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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 (rest, first thing, long beard), 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:pg128:39:80 # text = The first thing he did was to procure a doctor's robe, so that his dress, added to the long beard he had allowed to grow on his travels, might unmistakably proclaim his profession. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so SCONJ IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 on on SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 unmistakably unmistakably ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 profession profession NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | rest | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | procure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | | rest's dress *not said here* | | | | to the long beard | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to beard=Co-Patient | | 4 | **allow** | past · perfect · passive | the long beard *not said here* | rest | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **grow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **travel** | present | rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **proclaim** | might | the first thing *not said here* | rest's profession | | | | unmistakably *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent profession=Theme | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)