--- title: I could hear the shrieks and groans of the princess, and having by t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I could hear the shrieks and groans of the princess, and having by this time taken off my rich garments and put on those in which I had arrived the previous day, I lifted the trap, found myself once more in the forest, and returned to my friend the tailor, with a light load of wood and a heart full --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/5/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/) / 5 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 9, sentence 5 I could hear the shrieks and groans of the princess, and having by this time taken off my rich garments and put on those in which I had arrived the previous day, I lifted the trap, found myself once more in the forest, and returned to my friend the tailor, with a light load of wood and a heart full of shame and sorrow. **Who acts:** I, princess · **What happens:** hear, take off, put, arrive, lift, find · **To what, where:** shrieks, rich garments, those, trap, myself, forest This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, princess), 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:pg128:9:5 # text = I could hear the shrieks and groans of the princess, and having by this time taken off my rich garments and put on those in which I had arrived the previous day, I lifted the trap, found myself once more in the forest, and returned to my friend the tailor, with a light load of wood and a heart full of shame and sorrow. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shrieks shriek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 groans groan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 advmod _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 65 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | could | I | the shrieks and groans of the princess | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer shriek=Stimulus | | 2 | **take off** | gerund · perfect | | my rich garments | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme | | 3 | **put** | participle | | | | those | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on that=Destination | | 4 | **arrive** | past · perfect | I | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lift** | past | I | the trap | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | I *not said here* | myself | | the forest | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic | | 7 | **return** | past | I *not said here* | the tailor | | | | to my friend *result*; with a light load of wood and a heart | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to friend=Result | | 8 | **groan** | | the princess | | | | | | nom groan «communication 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)