--- title: The fairies and genii ceased talking, but the dervish did not forget… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The fairies and genii ceased talking, but the dervish did not forget a word of all they had said; and when morning came he perceived a place in the side of the well which was broken, and where he could easily climb out. Who acts: fairies, dervish, morning. 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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 (fairies, dervish, morning), 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:pg128:9:72 # text = The fairies and genii ceased talking, but the dervish did not forget a word of all they had said; and when morning came he perceived a place in the side of the well which was broken, and where he could easily climb out. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 genii genii NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 easily easily ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past | the fairies and genii | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | the fairies and genii *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **forget** | past · do-support | the dervish | a word of all | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | morning | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **perceive** | past | dervish | a place | | the side of the well | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 7 | **break** | past · passive | | the well | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **climb out** | could | dervish | | | | | easily *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)