--- title: The day after he reached his capital the Sultan assembled his court… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The day after he reached his capital the Sultan assembled his court and told them all that had befallen him, and told them how he intended to adopt the young king as his heir. Who acts: he, day, that. 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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 (he, day, that), 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:pg128:6:1 # text = The day after he reached his capital the Sultan assembled his court and told them all that had befallen him, and told them how he intended to adopt the young king as his heir. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 after after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 iobj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 adopt adopt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | he | his capital | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent capital=Beneficiary sultan=Theme | | 2 | **assemble** | past | the day | | his court | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the day *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **befall** | past · perfect | that | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the day *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **intend** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **adopt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the young king | | | | as king's heir | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent king=Theme as heir=Attribute | 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: [Opening, part 5, 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/5/144/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)