--- title: He called himself Cogia Hassan, and as he was both civil and well dr… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He called himself Cogia Hassan, and as he was both civil and well dressed he soon made friends with Ali Baba’s son, and through him with Ali Baba, whom he was continually asking to sup with him. Who acts: Baba, Ali. 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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 (Baba, Ali), 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:pg503:34:125 # text = He called himself Cogia Hassan, and as he was both civil and well dressed he soon made friends with Ali Baba’s son, and through him with Ali Baba, whom he was continually asking to sup with him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 both both CCONJ CC _ 12 cc:preconj _ _ 12 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 continually continually ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 sup sup VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Baba | Baba | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | Baba | | | | | civil *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dress** | participle | Baba *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | past | Baba | Hassan | friends | | | with Ali Baba's son; soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset friend=Beneficiary he=Product | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Baba | Ali | | | | continually *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **sup** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ali *not said here* | | | | | with Baba | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/126/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)