The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 16
I was so rejoiced to have at last got rid of this uncanny old man that I ran leaping and bounding down to the sea shore, where, by the greatest good luck, I met with some mariners who had anchored off the island to enjoy the delicious fruits, and to renew their supply of water.
Who acts: last, I, mariners · What happens: rejoice, have, get, run, leap, bound down · To what, where: I, uncanny old man, sea shore, delicious fruits, supply
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last, I, mariners), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rejoiced | aux:pass |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 rejoiced | advmod |
| 4 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 have | mark |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rejoiced | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 9 got | mark |
| 8 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 have | ccomp |
| 10 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | xcomp |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 man | case |
| 12 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 man | nsubj |
| 13 | uncanny | uncanny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 man | amod |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 man | amod |
| 15 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rid | obl |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 ran | obj |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 ran | nsubj |
| 18 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 man | acl:relcl |
| 19 | leaping | leap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 ran | advcl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 bounding | cc |
| 21 | bounding | bound | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 leaping | conj |
| 22 | down | down | ADV | _ | 21 bounding | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 shore | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 shore | det |
| 25 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 shore | compound |
| 26 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bounding | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 where | punct |
| 28 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 26 shore | acl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 luck | punct |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 luck | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 luck | det |
| 32 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 34 luck | amod |
| 33 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 luck | amod |
| 34 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 leaping | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 met | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 met | nsubj |
| 37 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rejoiced | parataxis |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 mariners | case |
| 39 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 mariners | det |
| 40 | mariners | mariner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 met | obl |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 anchored | nsubj |
| 42 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 anchored | aux |
| 43 | anchored | anchor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 40 mariners | acl:relcl |
| 44 | off | off | ADP | _ | 46 island | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 island | det |
| 46 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 anchored | obl |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 enjoy | mark |
| 48 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 anchored | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 fruits | det |
| 50 | delicious | delicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 fruits | amod |
| 51 | fruits | fruit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 enjoy | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 renew | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 renew | cc |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 renew | mark |
| 55 | renew | renew | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 37 met | conj |
| 56 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 supply | nmod:poss |
| 57 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 renew | obj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 water | case |
| 59 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 supply | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rejoiced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rejoice | past · passive | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | get | past | last | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | run | past | I | uncanny old man | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | leap | gerund | I not said here | by the greatest good luck | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by luck=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | bound down | gerund | I not said here | the sea shore | down property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination | |||
| 7 | meet | past | I | with some mariners | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mariner=Co-Agent | ||||
| 8 | anchor | past · perfect | some mariners | off the island | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 9 | enjoy | to-infinitive | some mariners not said here | the delicious fruits | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | renew | to-infinitive | I not said here | gourds's supply of water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent supply=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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