--- title: One day it happened that the Sultan of Persia was also hunting in th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: One day it happened that the Sultan of Persia was also hunting in the same direction, and, not wishing to interfere with his sport, the young men, on hearing the noise of the hunt approaching, prepared to retire, but, as luck would have it, they turned into the very path down which the Sultan was co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/28/) [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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/) / 28 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 43, sentence 28 One day it happened that the Sultan of Persia was also hunting in the same direction, and, not wishing to interfere with his sport, the young men, on hearing the noise of the hunt approaching, prepared to retire, but, as luck would have it, they turned into the very path down which the Sultan was coming. **Who acts:** it, Sultan, hunt, luck, people · **What happens:** happen, hunt, not wish, interfere, hear, approach · **To what, where:** same direction, young men, noise, path This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 43. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, Sultan, hunt, luck), 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:pg128:43:28 # text = One day it happened that the Sultan of Persia was also hunting in the same direction, and, not wishing to interfere with his sport, the young men, on hearing the noise of the hunt approaching, prepared to retire, but, as luck would have it, they turned into the very path down which the Sultan was coming. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 also also ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 interfere interfere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 on on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 retire retire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 very very ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 down down ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the Sultan of Persia | | | the same direction | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in direction=Location | | 3 | **not** **wish** | gerund | the Sultan of Persia *not said here* | the young men | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **interfere** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Sultan of Persia *not said here* | | | | | with Sultan's sport | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | gerund | the Sultan of Persia *not said here* | the noise of the hunt | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 6 | **approach** | gerund | the hunt *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **prepare** | participle | the hunt *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 8 | **retire** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the hunt *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **have** | would | luck | noise | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 10 | **turn down** | past | people | | | the path | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **come** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **sport** | | Sultan | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **noise** | | the hunt | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)