The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 5

Before he had accomplished half the distance he was so tired that, finding himself in a quiet street where the pavement was sprinkled with rose water, and a cool breeze was blowing, he set his burden upon the ground, and sat down to rest in the shade of a grand house.

Who acts: Hindbad, cool breeze · What happens: accomplish, be, find, sprinkle, blow, set · To what, where: distance, Hindbad, quiet street, pavement, burden, ground

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 (Hindbad, cool breeze), 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	Before	before	SCONJ	_	4 accomplished	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accomplished	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 accomplished	aux
4	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 set	advcl
5	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	7 distance	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 distance	det
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accomplished	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tired	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tired	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 tired	advmod
11	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 distance	acl:relcl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 finding	mark
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 finding	punct
14	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 tired	advcl
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 finding	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 street	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 street	det
18	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 street	amod
19	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 finding	obl
20	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	24 sprinkled	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 pavement	det
22	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sprinkled	nsubj:pass
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 sprinkled	aux:pass
24	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 street	acl:relcl
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 water	case
26	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 water	compound
27	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sprinkled	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 blowing	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 blowing	cc
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 breeze	det
31	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 breeze	amod
32	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 blowing	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 blowing	aux
34	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 accomplished	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 set	nsubj
37	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 burden	nmod:poss
39	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 set	obj
40	upon	upon	ADP	_	42 ground	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 ground	det
42	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 set	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 sat	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 sat	cc
45	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 set	parataxis
46	down	down	ADP	_	45 sat	compound:prt
47	to	to	PART	_	48 rest	mark
48	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 sat	advcl
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 shade	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 shade	det
51	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 rest	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	55 house	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 house	det
54	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 house	amod
55	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 shade	nmod
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	37 set	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accomplish	past · perfect	Hindbad	half distance			vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Eventuality
2	is	past	Hindbad	half distance not said here		tired property	tree rules
3	find	gerund	Hindbad not said here	Hindbad	a quiet street		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic
4	sprinkle	past · passive		the pavement		with rose water	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with water=Theme
5	blow	past · progressive	a cool breeze				vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
6	set	past	Hindbad	Hindbad's burden	the ground		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent burden=Theme upon ground=Destination
7	sit down	past					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	rest	to-infinitive			the shade of a grand house		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location
9	burden		Hindbad				nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
10	shade			a grand house			nom shade «state transitive»: of=patient

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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