--- title: Ali Baba, who expected a dull, dismal place, was greatly surprised t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ali Baba, who expected a dull, dismal place, was greatly surprised to find it large and well lighted, hollowed by the hand of man in the form of a vault, which received the light from an opening in the ceiling. Who acts: Ali, vault. 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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 (Ali, vault), 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:pg503:34:16 # text = Ali Baba, who expected a dull, dismal place, was greatly surprised to find it large and well lighted, hollowed by the hand of man in the form of a vault, which received the light from an opening in the ceiling. 1 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 2 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 hollowed hollow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | past | Ali | a dull dismal place | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Ali | | | | | greatly, surprised *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | Ali *not said here* | place | | | | large *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **light** | participle | Ali *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hollow** | participle | Ali *not said here* | | | | | by the hand of man in the form of a vault | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **receive** | past | a vault | the light | | a opening in the ceiling | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent light=Theme from opening=Source | | 7 | **form** | | | a vault | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/17/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)