--- title: When I reached the bottom I discovered that I was in a huge palace,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When I reached the bottom I discovered that I was in a huge palace, as brilliantly lighted as any palace above ground that I had ever seen, with a long gallery supported by pillars of jasper, ornamented with capitals of gold. Who acts: I, palace. 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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, palace), 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:pg128:8:65 # text = When I reached the bottom I discovered that I was in a huge palace, as brilliantly lighted as any palace above ground that I had ever seen, with a long gallery supported by pillars of jasper, ornamented with capitals of gold. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 brilliantly brilliantly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 above above ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 advmod _ _ 28 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 34 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl:agent _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 jasper jasper NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 ornamented ornament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 capitals capital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | I | the bottom | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bottom=Theme | | 2 | **discover** | past | I | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | I | | | a huge palace | | | tree rules | | 4 | **light** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | as any palace above ground; with a long gallery; brilliantly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with gallery=Material | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | any palace above ground | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **support** | participle | | a long gallery *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **ornament** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | with capitals of gold | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with capital=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)