--- title: The knock was answered by Sadie, with a taper in her hand, and the v… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The knock was answered by Sadie, with a taper in her hand, and the vizir, who was surprised at her beauty, bowed low before her, and said respectfully, "Madam, we are three merchants who have lately arrived from Moussoul, and, owing to a misadventure which befel us this very night, only reached our --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/72/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/) / 72 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 6, sentence 72 The knock was answered by Sadie, with a taper in her hand, and the vizir, who was surprised at her beauty, bowed low before her, and said respectfully, "Madam, we are three merchants who have lately arrived from Moussoul, and, owing to a misadventure which befel us this very night, only reached our inn to find that the doors were closed to us till to-morrow morning. **Who acts:** Sadie, vizir, we, three merchants, misadventure · **What happens:** answer, be, bow, say, arrive, owe · **To what, where:** knock, beauty, Madam, three merchants, Moussoul, misadventure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sadie, vizir, we, three merchants), 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:pg128:6:72 # text = The knock was answered by Sadie, with a taper in her hand, and the vizir, who was surprised at her beauty, bowed low before her, and said respectfully, "Madam, we are three merchants who have lately arrived from Moussoul, and, owing to a misadventure which befel us this very night, only reached our inn to find that the doors were closed to us till to-morrow morning. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knock knock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Sadie Sadie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 taper taper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 appos _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 27 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 respectfully respectfully ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 lately lately ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Moussoul Moussoul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 owing owe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 misadventure misadventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 befel befel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 det _ _ 59 very very ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 only only ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 64 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 68 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 ccomp _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 obl _ _ 75 till till ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 to to ADP IN _ 79 case _ SpaceAfter=No 77 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past · passive | Sadie | the knock | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | the vizir | | | knock's beauty | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bow** | participle | the vizir *not said here* | | | | before knock | low *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before she=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sadie *not said here* | Madam and three merchants | | | | respectfully *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | we | three merchants | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **arrive** *in a quote* | present · perfect | three merchants | | | Moussoul | | lately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from moussoul=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **owe** *in a quote* | gerund | Sadie *not said here* | | | | night | to a misadventure *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to misadventure=Goal | | 8 | **befel** *in a quote* | present | a misadventure | us | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **reach** *in a quote* | past | Sadie *not said here* | our inn | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent inn=Theme | | 10 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Sadie *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **close** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the doors | us | | morning | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to we=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)