--- title: So Abu Nowas took his wife home, and for some time they were very ha… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Abu Nowas took his wife home, and for some time they were very happy, and spent the money freely which the Sultan had given them, never thinking what they should do for more when that was gone. Who acts: Abu, clothes, that. 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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 (Abu, clothes, that), 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:pg2435:28:76 # text = So Abu Nowas took his wife home, and for some time they were very happy, and spent the money freely which the Sultan had given them, never thinking what they should do for more when that was gone. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Abu Abu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Nowas Nowas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 freely freely ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Abu | | Abu's wife | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | clothes | | | | time | happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **spend** | past | Abu *not said here* | the money | | | | freely *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Abu *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **do** | should | clothes | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past | that | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/77/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)