The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 16
Descending from the tree I hastily collected what remained of my provisions and set off as fast as I could go towards it.
Who acts: I, my · What happens: descend, collect, remain, set off, go, provide · To what, where: tree, curiosity
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, 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 | Descending | descend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 collected | advcl |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 tree | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Descending | obl |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 collected | nsubj |
| 6 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 7 collected | advmod |
| 7 | collected | collect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 remained | nsubj |
| 9 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 collected | ccomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 provisions | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 provisions | nmod:poss |
| 12 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 remained | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 set | cc |
| 14 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 collected | conj |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 set | compound:prt |
| 16 | as | as | ADV | _ | 17 fast | advmod |
| 17 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 set | advmod |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 go | mark |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 go | nsubj |
| 20 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 go | aux |
| 21 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 fast | advcl |
| 22 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 23 it | case |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 go | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 collected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | gerund | I not said here | the tree | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Location | ||||
| 2 | collect | past | I | hastily property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | remain | past | of my provisions | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | set off | past | I not said here | fast property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | go | could | I | curiosity | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards it=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | provide | my | nom provision «communication intransitive»: 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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