The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 14, sentence 80

Hoisting the sails, and cutting the cable of the anchor, they sailed our vessel to an island which lay a little further off, where they drove us ashore; then taking possession of her, they made off to the place from which they had come, leaving us helpless upon a shore avoided with horror by all mariners for a reason which you will soon learn.

Who acts: words, island, you · What happens: hoist, cut, sail, lie, drive, take · To what, where: sails, cable, vessel, island, us, possession

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 (words, island, you), 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	Hoisting	hoist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 sailed	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sails	det
3	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hoisting	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cutting	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cutting	cc
6	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Hoisting	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cable	det
8	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cutting	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 anchor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 anchor	det
11	anchor	anchor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cable	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hoisting	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sailed	nsubj
14	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 vessel	nmod:poss
16	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sailed	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 island	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 island	det
19	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sailed	obl
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 lay	nsubj
21	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 island	acl:relcl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 little	det
23	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 further	obl
24	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 lay	advmod
25	off	off	ADP	_	24 further	compound:prt
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 drove	punct
27	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	29 drove	advmod
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 drove	nsubj
29	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 further	conj
30	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 drove	obj
31	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	29 drove	advmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 taking	punct
33	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 taking	advmod
34	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 sailed	advcl
35	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 taking	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 her	case
37	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 possession	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 made	punct
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 made	nsubj
40	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sailed	conj
41	off	off	ADP	_	40 made	compound:prt
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 place	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 place	det
44	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 made	obl
45	from	from	ADP	_	46 which	case
46	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 come	obl
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 come	nsubj
48	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 come	aux
49	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 place	acl:relcl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 leaving	punct
51	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 made	advcl
52	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 leaving	obj
53	helpless	helpless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 leaving	xcomp
54	upon	upon	ADP	_	56 shore	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 shore	det
56	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 helpless	obl
57	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 shore	acl
58	with	with	ADP	_	59 horror	case
59	horror	horror	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 avoided	obl
60	by	by	ADP	_	62 mariners	case
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	62 mariners	det
62	mariners	mariner	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 avoided	obl
63	for	for	ADP	_	65 reason	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 reason	det
65	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 mariners	nmod
66	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	70 learn	obj
67	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	70 learn	nsubj
68	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 learn	aux
69	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	70 learn	advmod
70	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 reason	acl:relcl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 sailed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoist	gerund	words = word not said here	the sails				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Theme
2	cut	gerund	words = word not said here	the cable of the anchor				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cable=Product
3	sail	past	words = word	our vessel	a island			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme to island=Trajectory
4	lie	past	a island				far property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	drive	past	words = word	us			ashore property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
6	take	gerund	words = word not said here	possession of terror		then		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme
7	make off	past	words = word				to the place	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
8	come	past · perfect	words = word		the place			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial_Location
9	leave	gerund	words = word not said here	us			helpless property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
10	avoid	participle		a shore not said here			with horror; by all mariners for a reason	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
11	learn	future	you	a reason			soon property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic
12	cable			the anchor				nom cable «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	possess			terror				nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

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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