--- title: I found him in great trouble about the disappearance of his son, who… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I found him in great trouble about the disappearance of his son, who had, he said, vanished without leaving a trace; but his own grief did not prevent him sharing mine. Who acts: I, son, executioner, own grief. 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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 (I, son, executioner, own grief), 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:pg128:7:102 # text = I found him in great trouble about the disappearance of his son, who had, he said, vanished without leaving a trace; but his own grief did not prevent him sharing mine. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 without without SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 sharing share VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | I | executioner | | great trouble about the disappearance of executioner's son | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | executioner's son | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | executioner | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **vanish** | past | executioner *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | gerund | executioner *not said here* | a trace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Theme | | 6 | **not** **prevent** | past · do-support | executioner's own grief | executioner | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme | | 7 | **share** | gerund | executioner's own grief *not said here* | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **disappear** | | executioner's son | | | | | | nom disappearance «act 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)