The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 13, sentence 56

Being a merchant I sought out men of my own profession, and particularly those who came from foreign countries, as I hoped in this way to hear news from Bagdad, and find out some means of returning thither, for the capital was situated upon the sea-shore, and visited by vessels from all parts of the world.

Who acts: I, those, some · What happens: be, seek out, come, hope, hear, find out · To what, where: merchant, men, foreign countries, way, news, Bagdad · 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, those, some), 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	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 merchant	cop
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sought	csubj
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 sought	nsubj
5	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 sought	compound:prt
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sought	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 profession	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 profession	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 profession	amod
11	profession	profession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 men	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 came	cc
14	particularly	particularly	ADV	_	15 those	advmod
15	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	17 came	nsubj
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sought	parataxis
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 countries	case
19	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 countries	amod
20	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 came	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 hoped	punct
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 hoped	mark
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 hoped	nsubj
24	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 came	conj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 way	case
26	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 way	det
27	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 hoped	obl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 hear	mark
29	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 way	acl
30	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 hear	obj
31	from	from	ADP	_	32 Bagdad	case
32	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 hear	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 find	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 find	cc
35	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sought	conj
36	out	out	ADP	_	35 find	compound:prt
37	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	38 means	nsubj
38	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 find	ccomp
39	of	of	SCONJ	_	40 returning	mark
40	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	38 means	ccomp
41	thither	thither	ADV	_	40 returning	advmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 situated	punct
43	for	for	SCONJ	_	47 situated	mark
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 capital	det
45	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 situated	nsubj:pass
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 situated	aux:pass
47	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 returning	advcl
48	upon	upon	ADP	_	52 shore	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 shore	det
50	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 shore	compound
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 sea	punct
52	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 situated	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 visited	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 visited	cc
55	visited	visit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sought	parataxis
56	by	by	ADP	_	57 vessels	case
57	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 visited	obl:agent
58	from	from	ADP	_	60 parts	case
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	60 parts	det
60	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 vessels	nmod
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 world	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 world	det
63	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 parts	nmod
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	gerund		a merchant			tree rules
2	seek out	past	I	men of my own profession			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3	come	past	those		foreign countries		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial_Location
4	hope	past	I		this way		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	hear	to-infinitive	I not said here	news	Bagdad		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent news=Topic from bagdad=Source
6	find out	infinitive	I not said here				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	mean	present	some				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	return	gerund				thither property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	situate	past · passive		the capital	the sea shore		vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon shore=Destination
10	visit	participle					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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