The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 12, sentence 9

Now in its way, the spectacle of ten men walking together, all blind of the right eye, is as uncommon as that of a copper castle, and I was turning over in my mind what could be the meaning of this strange fact, when they greeted me warmly, and inquired what had brought me there.

Who acts: ten men, I, mind, miles, my · What happens: walk, be, turn over, greet, inquire, bring · To what, where: way, mind, meaning, me · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (ten men, I, mind, miles), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 uncommon	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 way	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 uncommon	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spectacle	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spectacle	det
7	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 way	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 men	case
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 men	nummod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spectacle	nmod
11	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 men	acl
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 walking	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 blind	punct
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 blind	det
15	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spectacle	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 eye	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 eye	det
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 eye	amod
19	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blind	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 uncommon	cop
22	as	as	ADV	_	23 uncommon	advmod
23	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
24	as	as	ADP	_	25 that	case
25	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 uncommon	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	29 castle	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 castle	det
28	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 castle	compound
29	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 that	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 turning	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 turning	cc
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 turning	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 turning	aux
34	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 uncommon	parataxis
35	over	over	ADV	_	34 turning	advmod
36	in	in	ADP	_	38 mind	case
37	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 mind	nmod:poss
38	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 turning	obl
39	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	43 meaning	nsubj
40	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 meaning	aux
41	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	43 meaning	cop
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 meaning	det
43	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 mind	acl:relcl
44	of	of	ADP	_	47 fact	case
45	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	47 fact	nsubj
46	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 fact	amod
47	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 meaning	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 fact	punct
49	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	51 greeted	advmod
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 greeted	nsubj
51	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 fact	acl
52	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 greeted	obj
53	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	51 greeted	advmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 inquired	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 inquired	cc
56	inquired	inquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 turning	conj
57	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	59 brought	nsubj:pass
58	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 brought	aux
59	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 inquired	ccomp
60	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 brought	obj
61	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 brought	advmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 uncommon	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	ten men not said here					together property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				haste's way	now	as that; uncommon property	tree rules
3	turn over	past · progressive	I			my mind		over property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	is a	could	my mind	the meaning				of strange fact	tree rules
5	greet speech: greet	past	miles = mile		me			warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
6	inquire speech: other	past	I not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	bring	past · perfect · passive			me	there			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme i=Destination
8	mind		my						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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