The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 26

But very soon I saw the reason of it and joined them heartily, for the monkeys, annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin, began to tear the nuts from the trees and cast them at us with angry and spiteful gestures, so that after very little labour our sacks were filled with the fruit which we could not otherwise have obtained.

Who acts: I, we, our · What happens: see, join, wish, pay back, begin, tear · To what, where: reason, companions, us, own coin, nuts, sacks

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 (I, we, our), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 saw	cc
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 soon	advmod
3	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 saw	advmod
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reason	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 joined	cc
11	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 joined	obj
13	heartily	heartily	ADV	_	11 joined	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 monkeys	punct
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 monkeys	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 monkeys	det
17	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 joined	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 annoyed	punct
19	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 monkeys	amod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 wishing	cc
21	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 annoyed	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 pay	mark
23	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 wishing	xcomp
24	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 pay	iobj
25	back	back	ADV	_	23 pay	advmod
26	in	in	ADP	_	29 coin	case
27	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 coin	nmod:poss
28	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 coin	amod
29	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pay	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 began	punct
31	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	parataxis
32	to	to	PART	_	33 tear	mark
33	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 began	xcomp
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 nuts	det
35	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 tear	obj
36	from	from	ADP	_	38 trees	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 trees	det
38	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 tear	obl
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 cast	cc
40	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 began	conj
41	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 cast	obj
42	at	at	ADP	_	43 us	case
43	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 cast	obl
44	with	with	ADP	_	48 gestures	case
45	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 gestures	amod
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 spiteful	cc
47	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 angry	conj
48	gestures	gesture	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 cast	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 filled	punct
50	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	59 filled	mark
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 so	fixed
52	after	after	ADP	_	55 labour	case
53	very	very	ADV	_	54 little	advmod
54	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 labour	amod
55	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 filled	obl
56	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 sacks	nmod:poss
57	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 filled	nsubj:pass
58	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 filled	aux:pass
59	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 began	conj
60	with	with	ADP	_	62 fruit	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 fruit	det
62	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 filled	obl
63	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 obtained	obj
64	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 obtained	nsubj
65	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	69 obtained	aux
66	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 obtained	advmod
67	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	69 obtained	advmod
68	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	69 obtained	aux
69	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 fruit	acl:relcl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	I	the reason of reason				soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus
2	join	past	I not said here	companions = companion				heartily property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	wish	gerund	I not said here						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	pay back not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here		us	our own coin			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Asset
5	begin	past							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	tear	to-infinitive		the nuts				from the trees	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent nut=Patient from tree=Co-Patient
7	cast	present		companions = companion				at us; with angry gestures	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at we=Destination
8	fill	past · passive		our sacks			after little labour	with the fruit	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fruit=Instrument
9	not obtain	could · perfect	we	the fruit				otherwise property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
10	coin		our						nom coin «possession 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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