The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 49
All that day I floated up and down, now beaten this way, now that, and when night fell I despaired for my life; but, weary and spent as I was, I clung to my frail support, and great was my joy when the morning light showed me that I had drifted against an island.
Who acts: I, night, morning light, my · What happens: float, beat, fall, despair, spend, be · To what, where: way, great joy, me, island · 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 (I, night, morning light, my), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 day | det:predet |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 floated | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 floated | nsubj |
| 5 | floated | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 floated | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 down | cc |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 up | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 beaten | punct |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 beaten | advmod |
| 11 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 floated | parataxis |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 way | det |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 beaten | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 that | punct |
| 15 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 that | advmod |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 beaten | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fell | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 fell | cc |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 fell | advmod |
| 20 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fell | nsubj |
| 21 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 floated | parataxis |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 despaired | nsubj |
| 23 | despaired | despair | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 fell | conj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 life | case |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 life | nmod:poss |
| 26 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 despaired | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 weary | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 weary | cc |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 weary | punct |
| 30 | weary | weary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 floated | parataxis |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 spent | cc |
| 32 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 weary | conj |
| 33 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 35 was | mark |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 was | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 spent | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 clung | punct |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 clung | nsubj |
| 38 | clung | cling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 floated | conj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 support | case |
| 40 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 support | nmod:poss |
| 41 | frail | frail | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 support | amod |
| 42 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 clung | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 great | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 great | cc |
| 45 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 joy | amod |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 joy | cop |
| 47 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 joy | nmod:poss |
| 48 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 clung | obj |
| 49 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 53 showed | advmod |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 light | det |
| 51 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 light | compound |
| 52 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 showed | nsubj |
| 53 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 clung | advcl |
| 54 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 showed | iobj |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 drifted | mark |
| 56 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 drifted | nsubj |
| 57 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 drifted | aux |
| 58 | drifted | drift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 showed | ccomp |
| 59 | against | against | ADP | _ | 61 island | case |
| 60 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 island | det |
| 61 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 drifted | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 floated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | past | I | day | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | beat | participle | this way | now | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fall | past | night | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | despair | past | I | for my life | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | spend | participle | I not said here | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | be | past | I | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | cling | past | I | to my frail support | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to support=Co-Theme | ||||
| 8 | is a | past | my great joy | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | show | past | the morning light | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 10 | drift | past · perfect | I | a island | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against island=Trajectory | ||||
| 11 | support | my | nom support «act 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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