--- title: One night, as the merchant of Bagdad lay upon his bed, he said to hi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: One night, as the merchant of Bagdad lay upon his bed, he said to himself: “My correspondent in Egypt has shown much friendship toward me, and as I have never seen him I will pay him a visit.” Who acts: merchant, BAGDAD. 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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 (merchant, BAGDAD), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:2:97 # text = One night, as the merchant of Bagdad lay upon his bed, he said to himself: “My correspondent in Egypt has shown much friendship toward me, and as I have never seen him I will pay him a visit.” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 correspondent correspondent NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 26 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 toward toward ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the merchant of Bagdad | | | BAGDAD's bed | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon bed=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | BAGDAD | | BAGDAD | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **show** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | My correspondent in Egypt | | | | toward BAGDAD; much friendship *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient friendship=Topic | | 4 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | BAGDAD | BAGDAD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pay** *in a quote* | future | BAGDAD | | BAGDAD | | | a visit *obj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient visit=Asset | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/)