The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 25

Sindbad, making a sign to him to approach, caused him to be seated at his right hand, and himself heaped choice morsels upon his plate, and poured out for him a draught of excellent wine, and presently, when the banquet drew to a close, spoke to him familiarly, asking his name and occupation.

Who acts: Sindbad, banquet · What happens: make, approach, cause, seat, heap, pour out · To what, where: sign, company, right hand, choice morsels, plate, draught · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sindbad, banquet), 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	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 caused	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sindbad	punct
3	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Sindbad	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 making	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sign	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 approach	mark
9	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 making	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sindbad	punct
11	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 caused	iobj
13	to	to	PART	_	15 seated	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 seated	aux:pass
15	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 caused	xcomp
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 hand	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 hand	nmod:poss
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 hand	amod
19	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seated	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 heaped	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 heaped	cc
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	23 heaped	nsubj
23	heaped	heap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 caused	conj
24	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 morsels	compound
25	morsels	morsel	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 heaped	obj
26	upon	upon	ADP	_	28 plate	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 plate	nmod:poss
28	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 heaped	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 poured	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 poured	cc
31	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 heaped	parataxis
32	out	out	ADP	_	31 poured	compound:prt
33	for	for	ADP	_	34 him	case
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 poured	obl
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 draught	det
36	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 poured	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 wine	case
38	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 wine	amod
39	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 draught	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 drew	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 drew	cc
42	presently	presently	ADV	_	47 drew	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 drew	punct
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 drew	advmod
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 banquet	det
46	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 drew	nsubj
47	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 caused	parataxis
48	to	to	ADP	_	50 close	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 close	det
50	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 drew	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 spoke	punct
52	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 drew	conj
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 him	case
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 spoke	obl
55	familiarly	familiarly	ADV	_	52 spoke	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 asking	punct
57	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 spoke	advcl
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 name	nmod:poss
59	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 asking	obj
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 occupation	cc
61	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 name	conj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 caused	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	Sindbad not said here	a sign			to Sindbad	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product
2	approach	to-infinitive	Sindbad not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cause	past	Sindbad		company			tree rules
4	seat	to-infinitive · passive	Sindbad not said here			Sindbad's right hand		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»
5	heap	past	Sindbad	choice morsels		Sindbad's plate		vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent morsel=Theme upon plate=Destination
6	pour out	participle		a draught of excellent wine			for Sindbad	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent draught=Patient for he=Beneficiary
7	draw	past	the banquet			a close	presently property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to close=Destination
8	speak speech: other	past	the banquet not said here		Sindbad		familiarly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent
9	ask speech: ask	gerund	the banquet not said here	Sindbad's name and occupation				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
10	name		Sindbad					nom name «communication 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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