The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 26

When I became aware that the roc had settled and that I was once again upon solid ground, I hastily unbound my turban from its foot and freed myself, and that not a moment too soon; for the bird, pouncing upon a huge snake, killed it with a few blows from its powerful beak, and seizing it up rose into the air once more and soon disappeared from my view.

Who acts: I, seizing, my · What happens: become, settle, be, unbind, free, pounce · To what, where: roc, turban, foot, myself, bird, air

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, seizing, 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 became	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 unbound	advcl
4	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	xcomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 settled	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roc	det
7	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 settled	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 settled	aux
9	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 aware	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ground	cc
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 ground	mark
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 ground	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 ground	cop
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 again	advmod
15	again	again	ADV	_	18 ground	advmod
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 ground	case
17	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ground	amod
18	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 settled	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 unbound	nsubj
21	hastily	hastily	ADV	_	22 unbound	advmod
22	unbound	unbind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 turban	nmod:poss
24	turban	turban	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 unbound	obj
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 foot	case
26	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 foot	nmod:poss
27	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 unbound	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 freed	cc
29	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 unbound	conj
30	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	29 freed	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 bird	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 bird	cc
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 soon	mark
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	36 moment	advmod
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 moment	det
36	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 soon	nsubj
37	too	too	ADV	_	38 soon	advmod
38	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	42 bird	advcl
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 soon	punct
40	for	for	ADP	_	42 bird	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 bird	det
42	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 freed	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 pouncing	punct
44	pouncing	pounce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 freed	advcl
45	upon	upon	ADP	_	48 snake	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 snake	det
47	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 snake	amod
48	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pouncing	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 killed	punct
50	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 freed	conj
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 killed	obj
52	with	with	ADP	_	55 blows	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 blows	det
54	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 blows	amod
55	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 killed	obl
56	from	from	ADP	_	59 beak	case
57	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 beak	nmod:poss
58	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 beak	amod
59	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 blows	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 rose	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 rose	cc
62	seizing	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	65 rose	csubj
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 seizing	obj
64	up	up	ADP	_	62 seizing	compound:prt
65	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 unbound	conj
66	into	into	ADP	_	68 air	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 air	det
68	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 rose	obl
69	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	70 more	advmod
70	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	65 rose	advmod
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 disappeared	cc
72	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	73 disappeared	advmod
73	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 rose	conj
74	from	from	ADP	_	76 view	case
75	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 view	nmod:poss
76	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 disappeared	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 unbound	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	I				aware property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	settle	past · perfect · passive		the roc				vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location
3	is	past	I			again	upon solid ground	tree rules
4	unbind	past	I	my turban	roc's foot		hastily property	tree rules
5	free	past	I not said here	myself			for the bird	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer myself=Source
6	pounce	gerund	I not said here				upon a huge snake	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon snake=Trajectory
7	kill	past	I not said here	bird			with a few blows from bird's powerful beak	vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with blow=Instrument
8	seize up	gerund		bird				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
9	rise	past	seizing		the air			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into air=Initial_Location
10	disappear	past	seizing not said here		my view		soon property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from view=Initial_Location
11	view		my					nom view «cognition 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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