The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 29

Just then I heard that there was a trading ship ready to sail, and taking leave of my friend I went on board, carrying with me a goodly store of cocoanuts; and we sailed first to the islands where pepper grows, then to Comari where the best aloes wood is found, and where men drink no wine by an unalterable law.

Who acts: I, trading ship, we, pepper, men · What happens: hear, be, sail, take, go, carry · To what, where: leave, friend, board, goodly store, islands, aloes wood · Speech: someone speaks here

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, trading ship, we, pepper), 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	Just	just	ADV	_	4 heard	advmod
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 heard	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 was	mark
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 was	expl
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ship	det
9	trading	trading	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ship	compound
10	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 was	nsubj
11	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ship	amod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 sail	mark
13	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ready	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 taking	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 taking	cc
16	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 heard	parataxis
17	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taking	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 friend	case
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 friend	nmod:poss
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 leave	nmod
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 went	nsubj
22	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 friend	acl:relcl
23	on	on	ADP	_	24 board	case
24	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 went	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 carrying	punct
26	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 taking	conj
27	with	with	ADP	_	28 me	case
28	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 carrying	obl
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 store	det
30	goodly	goodly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 store	amod
31	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 carrying	obj
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 cocoanuts	case
33	cocoanuts	cocoanut	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 store	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 sailed	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 sailed	cc
36	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 sailed	nsubj
37	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	conj
38	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	37 sailed	advmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 islands	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 islands	det
41	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 sailed	obl
42	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	44 grows	advmod
43	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 grows	nsubj
44	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 islands	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 found	punct
46	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 found	advmod
47	to	to	ADP	_	48 Comari	case
48	Comari	Comari	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 found	obl
49	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	55 found	advmod
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 wood	det
51	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	52 aloes	amod
52	aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 wood	compound
53	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 found	nsubj:pass
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 found	aux:pass
55	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 sailed	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 drink	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 drink	cc
58	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	60 drink	advmod
59	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 drink	nsubj
60	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	parataxis
61	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	62 wine	det
62	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 drink	obj
63	by	by	ADP	_	66 law	case
64	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 law	det
65	unalterable	unalterable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 law	amod
66	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 drink	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	I				then		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	be	past	a trading ship			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sail	to-infinitive	a trading ship not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4	take	gerund		leave of my friend					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme
5	go	past	I	my friend not said here		board			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location friend=Theme
6	carry	gerund		a goodly store of cocoanuts				with me	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Theme
7	sail	past	we			the islands		first property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to island=Trajectory
8	grow	present	pepper						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	find	present · passive		the aloes wood	Comari		then		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
10	drink	present	men	no wine				by a unalterable law	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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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