--- title: He carried a basin, on which he spread the covering of the book, and… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He carried a basin, on which he spread the covering of the book, and presenting it to the king, said: "Sire, take this book, and when my head is cut off, let it be placed in the basin on the covering of this book; as soon as it is there, the blood will cease to flow. 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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 (physician, Sire, covering, blood), 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:pg128:4:95 # text = He carried a basin, on which he spread the covering of the book, and presenting it to the king, said: "Sire, take this book, and when my head is cut off, let it be placed in the basin on the covering of this book; as soon as it is there, the blood will cease to flow. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 presenting present VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 ccomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 54 as as ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | physician | a basin | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **spread** | past | physician | the covering of the book | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent covering=Theme on which=Destination | | 3 | **present** | gerund | | covering | the king | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | physician *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sire | this book | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | | 6 | **cut off** *in a quote* | present · passive | | my head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | covering | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **place** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | covering *not said here* | | | the basin on the covering of this book | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in basin=Destination | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | covering | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **cease** *in a quote* | future | the blood | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **flow** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the blood *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)