The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 49

The others all crowded round me, wondering at my adventures and admiring the device by which I had escaped from the valley, and when they had led me to their camp and examined my diamonds, they assured me that in all the years that they had carried on their trade they had seen no stones to be compared with them for size and beauty.

Who acts: I, others, diamonds, my · What happens: wonder, admire, escape, lead, examine, assure · To what, where: adventures, device, valley, me, camp, diamonds

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, others, diamonds, 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 others	det
2	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 crowded	nsubj
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 crowded	advmod
4	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 crowded	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wondering	punct
8	wondering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 crowded	parataxis
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 adventures	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 adventures	nmod:poss
11	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wondering	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 admiring	cc
13	admiring	admire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wondering	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 device	det
15	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 admiring	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 which	case
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 escaped	obl
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 escaped	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 escaped	aux
20	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 device	acl:relcl
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 valley	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 valley	det
23	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 escaped	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 led	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 led	cc
26	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	29 led	advmod
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 led	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 led	aux
29	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 crowded	parataxis
30	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 led	obj
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 camp	case
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 camp	nmod:poss
33	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 led	obl
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 examined	cc
35	examined	examine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 led	conj
36	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 diamonds	nmod:poss
37	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 examined	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 assured	punct
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 assured	nsubj
40	assured	assure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crowded	parataxis
41	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 assured	iobj
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 carried	mark
43	in	in	ADP	_	46 years	case
44	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 years	det:predet
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 years	det
46	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 carried	obl
47	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 carried	nsubj:pass
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 carried	nsubj:pass
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 carried	aux
50	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 assured	advcl
51	on	on	ADP	_	53 trade	case
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 trade	nmod:poss
53	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 seen	obl
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 seen	nsubj
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 seen	aux
56	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	50 carried	conj
57	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	58 stones	det
58	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 seen	obj
59	to	to	PART	_	61 compared	mark
60	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	61 compared	aux:pass
61	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 seen	advcl
62	with	with	ADP	_	63 them	case
63	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 compared	obl
64	for	for	ADP	_	65 size	case
65	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 compared	obl
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 beauty	cc
67	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 size	conj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crowded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund				my adventures			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	admire	gerund		the device					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer device=Stimulus
3	escape	past · perfect	I			the valley		by the device	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from valley=Initial_Location
4	lead	past · perfect	others = other	me		others's camp			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to camp=Destination
5	examine	past	others = other not said here	my diamonds					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme
6	assure	past	diamonds = diamond		me				vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
7	carry	past · perfect · passive		that			year		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
8	see	past · perfect	diamonds = diamond	no stones		diamonds's trade			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus
9	compare	to-infinitive · passive	diamonds = diamond not said here					with diamonds = diamond; for size and beauty	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: with they=Co-Patient
10	adventure		my						nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent
11	trade		diamonds = diamond						nom trade «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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