The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 46

I was among the number, but when after strolling about for some time we lighted a fire and sat down to enjoy the repast which we had brought with us, we were startled by a sudden and violent trembling of the island, while at the same moment those left upon the ship set up an outcry bidding us come on board for our lives, since what we had taken for an island was nothing but the back of a sleeping whale.

Who acts: I, sudden trembling, we, set outcry, island · What happens: be, stroll, light, sit down, enjoy, bring · To what, where: fire, repast, we, ship, us, board

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 (I, sudden trembling, we, set outcry), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 number	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 number	cop
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 number	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 startled	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 startled	cc
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 strolling	advmod
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 strolling	mark
10	strolling	stroll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 startled	advcl
11	about	about	ADV	_	10 strolling	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 time	case
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 strolling	obl
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 lighted	nsubj
16	lighted	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 time	acl:relcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fire	det
18	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lighted	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sat	cc
20	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 lighted	conj
21	down	down	ADP	_	20 sat	compound:prt
22	to	to	PART	_	23 enjoy	mark
23	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 sat	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 repast	det
25	repast	repast	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 enjoy	obj
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 brought	nsubj:pass
27	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 brought	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 brought	aux
29	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 repast	acl:relcl
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 us	case
31	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 brought	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 strolling	punct
33	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 startled	nsubj
34	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 startled	aux:pass
35	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 number	parataxis
36	by	by	ADP	_	41 trembling	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 trembling	det
38	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 trembling	amod
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 violent	cc
40	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 sudden	conj
41	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 startled	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 island	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 island	det
44	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 trembling	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 come	punct
46	while	while	SCONJ	_	62 come	mark
47	at	at	ADP	_	50 moment	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 moment	det
49	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 moment	amod
50	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 come	obl
51	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	59 outcry	det
52	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 those	acl
53	upon	upon	ADP	_	55 ship	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 ship	det
55	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 left	obl
56	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 outcry	amod
57	up	up	ADP	_	56 set	compound:prt
58	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 outcry	det
59	outcry	outcry	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 come	nsubj
60	bidding	bid	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	59 outcry	acl
61	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 bidding	obj
62	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 startled	conj
63	on	on	ADP	_	64 board	case
64	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 come	obl
65	for	for	ADP	_	67 lives	case
66	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 lives	nmod:poss
67	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 come	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 taken	punct
69	since	since	SCONJ	_	73 taken	mark
70	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	73 taken	obj
71	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	73 taken	nsubj
72	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 taken	aux
73	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 come	parataxis
74	for	for	ADP	_	76 island	case
75	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	76 island	det
76	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 nothing	obl
77	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 nothing	cop
78	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	73 taken	conj
79	but	but	CCONJ	_	81 back	cc
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 back	det
81	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 nothing	conj
82	of	of	ADP	_	85 whale	case
83	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 whale	det
84	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 whale	compound
85	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 back	nmod
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 number	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I				among the number	tree rules
2	stroll	gerund	a sudden trembling of the island not said here			time	about property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	light	past	we	a fire				vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
4	sit down	past	we not said here					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	enjoy	to-infinitive	we not said here	the repast				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer repast=Stimulus
6	bring	past · perfect · passive		the repast			with us	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme
7	startle	past · passive	a sudden trembling of the island	we				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
8	leave	participle			the ship			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent upon ship=Location
9	set up	participle						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
10	bid	gerund	that set outcry not said here	us				tree rules
11	come	infinitive	that set outcry		board	moment	for our lives	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on board=Location
12	take	past · perfect	we					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
13	is a	past	we not said here	nothing			for a island	tree rules
14	tremble		the island					nom trembling «state intransitive»: of=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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