--- title: He sent at once for the fisherman, and when he came said to him, "Fi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He sent at once for the fisherman, and when he came said to him, "Fisherman, bring me four more fish like you have brought already, for an accident has happened to them so that they cannot be served up to the Sultan." Who acts: vizir, accident. 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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 (vizir, accident), 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:pg128:5:24 # text = He sent at once for the fisherman, and when he came said to him, "Fisherman, bring me four more fish like you have brought already, for an accident has happened to them so that they cannot be served up to the Sultan." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 25 like like SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 29 already already ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | vizir | | | | | for the fisherman | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Fisherman | vizir | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: to he=Recipient | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | four more fish | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination fish=Theme | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | vizir | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **happen** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a accident | | fish | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **serve up** *in a quote* | can · passive | | fish | the Sultan | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to sultan=Recipient | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/)