--- title: Then he departed, and on the twentieth day of his journey fell in wi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then he departed, and on the twentieth day of his journey fell in with the dervish on the same spot as Prince Bahman had met him, and began to question him as to the place where the Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water were to be found. Who acts: fate, Bahman. 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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 (fate, Bahman), 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:pg128:42:51 # text = Then he departed, and on the twentieth day of his journey fell in with the dervish on the same spot as Prince Bahman had met him, and began to question him as to the place where the Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water were to be found. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 twentieth twentieth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 in in ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:desc _ _ 24 Bahman Bahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 question question VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 53 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Talking Talking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Singing Singing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | past | fate | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall in** | past | fate *not said here* | | | | day | with the dervish on the same spot | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | past · perfect | Bahman Prince | fate | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **begin** | past | fate *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **question** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | fate *not said here* | | fate | | | as the place | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Recipient as place=Attribute | | 6 | **find** | past · passive | fate *not said here* | the Talking Bird and the Singing Tree and the Golden Water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **journey** | | fate | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)