--- title: While I was thus indulging my grief my host entered, and said, "Ther… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: While I was thus indulging my grief my host entered, and said, "There is an old man downstairs who has brought your hatchet and slippers, which he picked up on the road, and now restores to you, as he found out from one of your comrades where you lived. Who acts: I, old man, hatchet, man. 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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, old man, hatchet, man), 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:pg128:9:7 # text = While I was thus indulging my grief my host entered, and said, "There is an old man downstairs who has brought your hatchet and slippers, which he picked up on the road, and now restores to you, as he found out from one of your comrades where you lived. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 indulging indulge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 21 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 restores restore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indulge** | past · progressive | I | my grief | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a old man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a old man | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination hatchet=Theme | | 6 | **pick up** *in a quote* | past | your hatchet and slippers | | | the road | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **restore** *in a quote* | present | your hatchet and slippers *not said here* | | you | | now | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | | 8 | **find out** *in a quote* | past | man | | | | | from one of your comrades | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from one=Source | | 9 | **live** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)