--- title: He looked at them one after the other, and when he had admired them… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He looked at them one after the other, and when he had admired them long enough, "Take these fish," he said to his first vizir, "and given them to the clever cook the Emperor of the Greeks sent me. Who acts: fish, Emperor. 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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 (fish, Emperor), 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:pg128:4:137 # text = He looked at them one after the other, and when he had admired them long enough, "Take these fish," he said to his first vizir, "and given them to the clever cook the Emperor of the Greeks sent me. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 17 enough enough ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Greeks Greek PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | fish | one after the other | | | | at nets *= net* | tree rules | | 2 | **admire** | past · perfect | fish | nets *= net* | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | this fish | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument fish=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fish | | fish's first vizir | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to vizir=Recipient | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | participle | fish *not said here* | nets *= net* | the clever cook | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to cook=Recipient | | 6 | **send** *in a quote* | past | the Emperor of the Greeks | fish | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/138/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)