The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 55
Early the next morning we accordingly set out, and when we reached the capital I was graciously received by the king, to whom I related my adventures, upon which he ordered that I should be well cared for and provided with such things as I needed.
Who acts: we, king, I, man, my · What happens: set out, reach, receive, relate, order, care · To what, where: capital, I, adventures
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 (we, king, I, man), 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 | Early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 set | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 morning | det |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 morning | amod |
| 4 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 set | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 set | nsubj |
| 6 | accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 7 set | advmod |
| 7 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 set | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 reached | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 reached | cc |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 reached | mark |
| 12 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 reached | nsubj |
| 13 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 set | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 capital | det |
| 15 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reached | obj |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 received | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 received | aux:pass |
| 18 | graciously | graciously | ADV | _ | 19 received | advmod |
| 19 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 capital | acl:relcl |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 king | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 king | det |
| 22 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 received | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 whom | punct |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 whom | case |
| 25 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 reached | obl |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 related | nsubj |
| 27 | related | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 whom | acl:relcl |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 adventures | nmod:poss |
| 29 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 related | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 ordered | punct |
| 31 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 ordered | obl |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 ordered | nsubj |
| 34 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 adventures | conj |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 cared | mark |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 cared | nsubj |
| 37 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 cared | aux |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 cared | aux:pass |
| 39 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 cared | advmod |
| 40 | cared | care | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 ordered | ccomp |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 cared | obl |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 provided | cc |
| 43 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 cared | conj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 things | case |
| 45 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 things | amod |
| 46 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 provided | obl |
| 47 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 needed | mark |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 needed | nsubj |
| 49 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 provided | advcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set out | past | we | morning | accordingly, early property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | reach | past | we | the capital | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent capital=Theme | ||||
| 3 | receive | past · passive | the king | I | graciously property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 4 | relate | past | I | my adventures | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | ||||
| 5 | order | past | man | upon my adventures | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | care | should · passive | I | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | provide | participle | with such things | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thing=Theme | |||||
| 8 | need | past | I | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 9 | adventure | my | nom adventure «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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