The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 15, sentence 11

Presently when he had looked at us enough he came towards us, and stretching out his hand took me by the back of the neck, turning me this way and that, but feeling that I was mere skin and bone he set me down again and went on to the next, whom he treated in the same fashion; at last he came to the captain, and finding him the fattest of us all, he took him up in one hand and stuck him upon a spit and proceeded to kindle a huge fire at which he presently roasted him.

Who acts: giant, stretching, I · What happens: look, come, stretch out, take, turn, feel · To what, where: hand, me, mere skin, same fashion, last, giant

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giant, stretching, I), 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	Presently	presently	ADV	_	5 looked	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 looked	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 looked	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 looked	aux
5	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 us	case
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 looked	obl
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 looked	parataxis
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 us	case
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 came	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 took	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 took	cc
15	stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 took	csubj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 stretching	compound:prt
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hand	nmod:poss
18	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stretching	obj
19	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 came	conj
20	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 took	iobj
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 back	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 back	det
23	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 took	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 neck	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 neck	det
26	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 back	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 turning	punct
28	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 took	advcl
29	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	28 turning	obj
30	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 way	det
31	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 turning	obl:unmarked
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 that	cc
33	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 way	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 feeling	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	36 feeling	cc
36	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 turning	conj
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 skin	mark
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 skin	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 skin	cop
40	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 skin	amod
41	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 set	advcl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 bone	cc
43	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 skin	conj
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 set	nsubj
45	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 feeling	parataxis
46	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 set	obj
47	down	down	ADP	_	45 set	compound:prt
48	again	again	ADV	_	45 set	advmod
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 went	cc
50	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 set	conj
51	on	on	ADV	_	50 went	advmod
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 next	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 next	det
54	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 went	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 whom	punct
56	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 went	obl
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 treated	nsubj
58	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 whom	acl:relcl
59	in	in	ADP	_	62 fashion	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 fashion	det
61	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 fashion	amod
62	fashion	fashion	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 treated	obl
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 came	punct
64	at	at	ADP	_	65 last	case
65	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 came	obl
66	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 came	nsubj
67	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 looked	parataxis
68	to	to	ADP	_	70 captain	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 captain	det
70	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 came	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 finding	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 finding	cc
73	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 came	advcl
74	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 finding	obj
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 fattest	det
76	fattest	fat	ADJ	Degree=Sup	73 finding	xcomp
77	of	of	ADP	_	78 us	case
78	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	76 fattest	obl
79	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	78 us	nmod:unmarked
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 took	punct
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 took	nsubj
82	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 came	conj
83	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 took	obj
84	up	up	ADP	_	82 took	compound:prt
85	in	in	ADP	_	87 hand	case
86	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	87 hand	nummod
87	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 took	obl
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 stuck	cc
89	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 took	conj
90	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 stuck	obj
91	upon	upon	ADP	_	93 spit	case
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	93 spit	det
93	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 stuck	obl
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 proceeded	cc
95	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 took	conj
96	to	to	PART	_	97 kindle	mark
97	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	95 proceeded	xcomp
98	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	100 fire	det
99	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 fire	amod
100	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 kindle	obj
101	at	at	ADP	_	102 which	case
102	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	105 roasted	obl
103	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 roasted	nsubj
104	presently	presently	ADV	_	105 roasted	advmod
105	roasted	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 kindle	advcl
106	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 roasted	obj
107	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · perfect	giant					at us; presently property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at we=Theme
2	come	past	giant					towards us; enough property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards we=Initial_Location
3	stretch out	gerund		giant's hand					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
4	take	past	stretching		me			by the back of the neck	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
5	turn	gerund	stretching not said here	me				this way obl:unmarked	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme i=Result
6	feel	gerund	stretching not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	is a	past	I	mere skin and bone					tree rules
8	set down	past	giant	me			again		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result
9	go on	past	giant not said here					to the next	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	treat	past	giant			the same fashion			vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
11	come	past	giant			last		to the captain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to captain=Initial_Location
12	find	gerund	giant not said here	giant				fat property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
13	take up	past	giant	eye		one hand			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in hand=Location
14	stick	past	giant not said here	giant		a spit			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon spit=Destination
15	proceed	past	giant not said here						vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
16	kindle	to-infinitive	giant not said here	a huge fire					vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient
17	roast	past	giant	eye				presently property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=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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