The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 10, sentence 86

When all were gone he flew towards us, flapping his wings as if to ask if we saw any more, when suddenly his eye fell on one which lay on the bank of the little canal that flowed through the court; he hastened towards it, but before he could touch it the seed rolled into the canal and became a fish.

Who acts: wolf, we, eye, little canal · What happens: go, fly, flap, ask, see, fall · To what, where: all, wings, bank, court, eye, seed

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wolf, we, eye, little canal), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 gone	advmod
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 gone	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux:pass
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 flew	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 flew	nsubj
6	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 us	case
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 flew	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 flapping	punct
10	flapping	flap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 flew	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wings	nmod:poss
12	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flapping	obj
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 ask	mark
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 ask	mark
15	to	to	PART	_	16 ask	mark
16	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 flapping	advcl
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 saw	mark
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 saw	nsubj
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 ask	ccomp
20	any	any	ADV	_	21 more	advmod
21	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 saw	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fell	punct
23	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 fell	advmod
24	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	27 fell	advmod
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 eye	nmod:poss
26	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 fell	nsubj
27	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 flew	conj
28	on	on	ADP	_	29 one	case
29	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	31 lay	obl
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 lay	nsubj
31	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 fell	advcl
32	on	on	ADP	_	34 bank	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 bank	det
34	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 lay	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	38 canal	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 canal	det
37	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 canal	amod
38	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 bank	nmod
39	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 flowed	nsubj
40	flowed	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 canal	acl:relcl
41	through	through	ADP	_	43 court	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 court	det
43	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 flowed	obl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 hastened	punct
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 hastened	nsubj
46	hastened	hasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 flew	conj
47	towards	towards	ADP	_	48 it	case
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 hastened	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 touch	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 touch	cc
51	before	before	SCONJ	_	54 touch	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 touch	nsubj
53	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 touch	aux
54	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 hastened	conj
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 touch	obj
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 seed	det
57	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 touch	obj
58	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 seed	acl
59	into	into	ADP	_	61 canal	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 canal	det
61	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rolled	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 became	cc
63	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 hastened	conj
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 fish	det
65	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 became	xcomp
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past · passive		all			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fly	past	wolf			towards us	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards we=Destination
3	flap	gerund	wolf not said here	wolf's wings			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
4	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	wolf not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	see a condition, not said to happen	past	we				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	fall	past	wolf's eye			suddenly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	lie	past			the bank of the little canal	on one	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on one=Location
8	flow	past	the little canal		the court		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through court=Location
9	hasten	past	wolf		eye		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards it=Destination
10	touch	could	wolf	eye			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer seed=Result
11	roll	participle		the seed not said here	the canal		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into canal=Destination
12	become	past	wolf not said here	a fish			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 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.

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