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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 48

Meanwhile a breeze had sprung up, and in the confusion that ensued on board our vessel in hoisting the sails and taking up those who were in the boat and clinging to its sides, no one missed me and I was left at the mercy of the waves.

Who acts: confusion, those, one · What happens: spring up, ensue, hoist, take up, be, cling · To what, where: breeze, vessel, sails, boat, me, confusion

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 (confusion, those, one), 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

advmoddetnsubj:passauxcompound:prtpunctcccasedetoblnsubjacl:relclcasecasenmod:possoblmarkadvcldetobjccconjcompound:prtnsubjnsubjcopcasedetccompccconjcasenmod:possoblpunctdetnsubjparataxisobjccnsubjaux:passconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootMeanwhileADVaDETbreezeNOUNhadAUXsprungVERBupADP,PUNCTandCCONJinADPtheDETconfusionNOUNthatPRONensuedVERBonADPboardADPourPRONvesselNOUNinSCONJhoistingVERBtheDETsailsNOUNandCCONJtakingVERBupADPthosePRONwhoPRONwereAUXinADPtheDETboatNOUNandCCONJclingingVERBtoADPitsPRONsidesNOUN,PUNCTnoDEToneNOUNmissedVERBmePRONandCCONJIPRONwasAUXleftVERBatADPtheDETmercyNOUNofADPtheDETwavesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MeanwhilemeanwhileADV_5 sprungadvmod
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 breezedet
3breezebreezeNOUNNumber=Sing5 sprungnsubj:pass
4hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sprungaux
5sprungspringVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6upupADP_5 sprungcompound:prt
7,,PUNCT_39 missedpunct
8andandCCONJ_39 missedcc
9ininADP_11 confusioncase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 confusiondet
11confusionconfusionNOUNNumber=Sing39 missedobl
12thatthatPRONPronType=Rel13 ensuednsubj
13ensuedensueVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 confusionacl:relcl
14ononADP_17 vesselcase
15boardboardADP_17 vesselcase
16ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 vesselnmod:poss
17vesselvesselNOUNNumber=Sing13 ensuedobl
18ininSCONJ_19 hoistingmark
19hoistinghoistVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 ensuedadvcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 sailsdet
21sailssailNOUNNumber=Plur19 hoistingobj
22andandCCONJ_23 takingcc
23takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 hoistingconj
24upupADP_23 takingcompound:prt
25thosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem30 boatnsubj
26whowhoPRONPronType=Rel30 boatnsubj
27werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 boatcop
28ininADP_30 boatcase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 boatdet
30boatboatNOUNNumber=Sing23 takingccomp
31andandCCONJ_32 clingingcc
32clingingclingVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part23 takingconj
33totoADP_35 sidescase
34itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 sidesnmod:poss
35sidessideNOUNNumber=Plur32 clingingobl
36,,PUNCT_11 confusionpunct
37nonoDETPronType=Neg38 onedet
38oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing39 missednsubj
39missedmissVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sprungparataxis
40meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 missedobj
41andandCCONJ_44 leftcc
42IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs44 leftnsubj
43wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 leftaux:pass
44leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass39 missedconj
45atatADP_47 mercycase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 mercydet
47mercymercyNOUNNumber=Sing44 leftobl
48ofofADP_50 wavescase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 wavesdet
50waveswaveNOUNNumber=Plur47 mercynmod
51..PUNCT_5 sprungpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spring uppast · perfect · passivea breezemeanwhile propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2ensuepastthe confusionour vesselvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on vessel=Location
3hoistgerundthe confusion not said herethe sailsvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Theme
4take upgerundthe confusion not said herevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5ispastthosethe boattree rules
6clinggerundthe confusion not said hereto boat's sidesvn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to side=Co-Theme
7misspastno onemethe confusionvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
8leavepast · passiveIthe mercy of the wavesvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at mercy=Location

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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