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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 42

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And no sooner was his father buried and the ceremonies over that marked his accession to the throne, than the young man hastened to throw off his robes of state, and calling to his vizir to make ready likewise, stole out in the simple dress of a private citizen into the less known streets of the capital.

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**Who acts:** father, that, Sultan · **What happens:** be, bury, mark, hasten, throw off, call · **To what, where:** father, ceremonies, accession, young man, robes, vizir · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, that, Sultan), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:40:42
# text = And no sooner was his father buried and the ceremonies over that marked his accession to the throne, than the young man hastened to throw off his robes of state, and calling to his vizir to make ready likewise, stole out in the simple dress of a private citizen into the less known streets of the capital.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
3	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	over	over	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	accession	accession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	than	than	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
24	hastened	hasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
27	off	off	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
40	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	xcomp	_	_
41	likewise	likewise	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
44	out	out	ADP	RP	_	43	compound:prt	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
53	into	into	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
55	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	56	advmod	_	_
56	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	amod	_	_
57	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Sultan's father |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bury** | past | Sultan's father | the ceremonies |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mark** | past | that | Sultan's accession |  |  |  | to the throne; than the young man | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent accession=Theme to throne=Attribute |
| 4 | **hasten** | participle |  | the young man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **throw off** | to-infinitive |  | Sultan's robes of state |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme |
| 6 | **call** | gerund | Sultan's father *not said here* |  | Sultan's vizir |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to vizir=Recipient |
| 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Sultan's father *not said here* |  |  |  |  | likewise, ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 8 | **steal out** | past | Sultan's father *not said here* |  |  | the simple dress of a private citizen |  | into the known streets of the capital | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dress=Location |
| 9 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **accede** |  | Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | nom accession «process intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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