--- title: Not knowing what to do, we wandered in the streets till we happened… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Not knowing what to do, we wandered in the streets till we happened to pass your house, when, seeing lights and hearing the sound of voices, we resolved to ask you to give us shelter till the dawn. Who acts: we. 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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 (we), 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:pg128:6:73 # text = Not knowing what to do, we wandered in the streets till we happened to pass your house, when, seeing lights and hearing the sound of voices, we resolved to ask you to give us shelter till the dawn. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 23 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 till till ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **wander** | past | we | | | the streets | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Trajectory | | 4 | **happen** | past | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | your house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory | | 6 | **see** | gerund | we *not said here* | lights | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 7 | **hear** | gerund | we *not said here* | the sound of voices | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 8 | **resolve** | past | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | shelter | us | | dawn | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient shelter=Theme | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)