The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 12, sentence 1
This ended, the slaves brought up all the furniture that remained below, and put it on the vessel, and breaking some boughs to weave a litter, they laid the old man on it, and carried him to the ship, which spread its sails and stood out to sea.
Who acts: This, slaves, furniture, boughs, ship · What happens: end, bring up, remain, put, break, weave · To what, where: slaves, furniture, vessel, boughs, litter, old man
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, slaves, furniture, boughs), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 ended | nsubj |
| 2 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 slaves | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 slaves | det |
| 5 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ended | obj |
| 6 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 slaves | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 brought | compound:prt |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 furniture | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 furniture | det |
| 10 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brought | obl |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 remained | nsubj |
| 12 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 furniture | acl:relcl |
| 13 | below | below | ADV | _ | 12 remained | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 put | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 put | cc |
| 16 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ended | advcl |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 put | obj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 vessel | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 vessel | det |
| 20 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 breaking | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 breaking | cc |
| 23 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 ended | advcl |
| 24 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 boughs | det |
| 25 | boughs | bough | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 breaking | obj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 weave | mark |
| 27 | weave | weave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 breaking | advcl |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 litter | det |
| 29 | litter | litter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 weave | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 laid | punct |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 laid | nsubj |
| 32 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ended | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 man | det |
| 34 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 man | amod |
| 35 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 laid | obj |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 it | case |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 laid | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 carried | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 carried | cc |
| 40 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ended | parataxis |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 carried | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 ship | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 ship | det |
| 44 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 carried | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 spread | punct |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 spread | nsubj |
| 47 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 ship | acl:relcl |
| 48 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 sails | nmod:poss |
| 49 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 spread | obj |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 stood | cc |
| 51 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 carried | conj |
| 52 | out | out | ADP | _ | 51 stood | compound:prt |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 sea | case |
| 54 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 stood | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ended | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past | This | the slaves | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality slave=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | bring up | participle | the slaves not said here | all furniture | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | remain | past | all furniture | below property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | put | infinitive | This not said here | furniture | the vessel | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on vessel=Destination | |||
| 5 | break | gerund | This not said here | some boughs | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bough=Patient | ||||
| 6 | weave | to-infinitive | This not said here | a litter | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Product | ||||
| 7 | lay | past | boughs = bough | the old man | litter | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme on it=Destination | |||
| 8 | carry | past | man | the ship | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ship=Destination | ||||
| 9 | spread | past | the ship | litter's sails | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | ||||
| 10 | stand out | past | to sea | vn assuming_position-50 «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 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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