--- title: The first thing the princess did on arriving at the mountain was to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The first thing the princess did on arriving at the mountain was to stop her ears with cotton, and then, making up her mind which was the best way to go, she began her ascent. Who acts: princess, first thing. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 42, with it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/79/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/) / 79 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 42, sentence 79 The first thing the princess did on arriving at the mountain was to stop her ears with cotton, and then, making up her mind which was the best way to go, she began her ascent. **Who acts:** princess, first thing · **What happens:** do, arrive, be, make up, go, begin · **To what, where:** first thing, mountain, mind, best way, ascent This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 42. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, first thing), 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:pg128:42:79 # text = The first thing the princess did on arriving at the mountain was to stop her ears with cotton, and then, making up her mind which was the best way to go, she began her ascent. 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 14 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 arriving arrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 ascent ascent NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the princess | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 2 | **arrive** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | the mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | with cotton; stop *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make up** | gerund | the first thing *not said here* | princess's mind | | | then | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | princess | princess's ascent | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ascent=Eventuality | | 8 | **mind** | | princess | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)