--- title: Long before they reached the gates the way was lined with people, an… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Long before they reached the gates the way was lined with people, and the air filled with shouts of welcome, with which were mingled the songs of the Talking Bird, sitting in its cage on the lap of the princess, and of the birds who followed it. Who acts: house, gates, air, Talking Bird. 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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 (house, gates, air, Talking Bird), 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:pg128:44:72 # text = Long before they reached the gates the way was lined with people, and the air filled with shouts of welcome, with which were mingled the songs of the Talking Bird, sitting in its cage on the lap of the princess, and of the birds who followed it. 1 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 lined line VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 17 obl _ _ 19 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 mingled mingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Talking Talking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | house | the gates | | | | long *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | | 2 | **line** | past · passive | the gates *not said here* | the way | | | | with people | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with people=Theme | | 3 | **fill** | participle | | the air *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the air | | | | | of welcome | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | mingle *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | | | | air's cage | | on the lap of the princess | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location | | 7 | **follow** | past | | air | | | | of the birds | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme of bird=Trajectory | | 8 | **sing** | | the Talking Bird | | | | | | nom song «communication 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/)