The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 12, sentence 6

Even when I was safe on the other side I had a long distance to go on the mud and sand before I reached dry ground, and very tired I was, when far in front of me I caught sight of a castle of red copper, which, at first sight, I took to be a fire.

Who acts: I, red copper · What happens: be, have, go, reach, catch, sight · To what, where: other side, long distance, mud, dry ground, sight, fire

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 (I, red copper), 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	Even	even	ADV	_	5 safe	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 safe	mark
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 side	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 side	amod
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 side	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 distance	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 distance	amod
14	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 go	mark
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 distance	acl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 mud	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 mud	det
19	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sand	cc
21	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mud	conj
22	before	before	SCONJ	_	24 reached	mark
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 reached	nsubj
24	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 go	advcl
25	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 ground	amod
26	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 reached	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 tired	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 tired	cc
29	very	very	ADV	_	30 tired	advmod
30	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 safe	conj
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 was	nsubj
32	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 tired	ccomp
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 caught	punct
34	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	35 far	advmod
35	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	41 caught	advmod
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 front	case
37	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 far	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 me	case
39	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 front	nmod
40	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 caught	nsubj
41	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	parataxis
42	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 caught	obj
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 castle	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 castle	det
45	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sight	nmod
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 copper	case
47	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 copper	amod
48	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 castle	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 sight	punct
50	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 sight	nsubj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 which	punct
52	at	at	ADP	_	53 first	case
53	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	54 sight	obl
54	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 copper	conj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 took	punct
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 took	nsubj
57	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 caught	conj
58	to	to	PART	_	61 fire	mark
59	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	61 fire	cop
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 fire	det
61	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 took	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 safe	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	I		the other side	safe property	tree rules
2	have	past	I	a long distance			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Patient
3	go	to-infinitive	I not said here	a long distance not said here	the mud and sand		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on mud=Location
4	reach	past	I	dry ground			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme
5	be		I not said here				tree rules
6	be	past	I				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	catch	past	I	sight of a castle of red copper and sight		far property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme
8	sight		red copper and sight				tree rules
9	take	past	I				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	is a	to-infinitive		a fire			tree rules
11	sight			a castle of red copper and sight			nom sight «cognition 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 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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