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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 50

Nevertheless, by the time I had buried the last of my companions my stock of provisions was so small that I hardly thought I should live long enough to dig my own grave, which I set about doing, while I regretted bitterly the roving disposition which was always bringing me into such straits, and thought longingly of all the comfort and luxury that I had left.

Who acts: I, last, roving disposition, my · What happens: bury, be, think, live, dig, set · To what, where: own grave, roving disposition, me, such straits, that, provisions · 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, last, roving disposition, my), 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

advmodpunctcasedetoblnsubjauxdetnsubjcasenmod:possnmodnmod:possnsubjcasenmodcopadvmodparataxismarknsubjadvmodadvclnsubjauxccompadvmodadvmodmarkadvclnmod:possamodobjpunctobjnsubjacl:relclmarkadvclpunctmarknsubjconjadvmoddetamodobjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relcliobjcaseamodoblpunctccadvcladvmodcasedet:predetdetccompccconjnsubj:passnsubjauxparataxispunctrootNeverthelessADV,PUNCTbyADPtheDETtimeNOUNIPRONhadAUXburiedVERBtheDETlastNOUNofADPmyPRONcompanionsNOUNmyPRONstockNOUNofADPprovisionsNOUNwasAUXsoADVsmallADJthatSCONJIPRONhardlyADVthoughtVERBIPRONshouldAUXliveVERBlongADVenoughADVtoPARTdigVERBmyPRONownADJgraveNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONIPRONsetVERBaboutSCONJdoingVERB,PUNCTwhileSCONJIPRONregrettedVERBbitterlyADVtheDETrovingVERBdispositionNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXalwaysADVbringingVERBmePRONintoADPsuchADJstraitsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthoughtVERBlonginglyADVofADPallDETtheDETcomfortNOUNandCCONJluxuryNOUNthatPRONIPRONhadAUXleftVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeverthelessneverthelessADV_8 buriedadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Neverthelesspunct
3bybyADP_5 timecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 timedet
5timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing8 buriedobl
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 buriednsubj
7hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 buriedaux
8buriedburyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 lastdet
10lastlastNOUNNumber=Sing20 smallnsubj
11ofofADP_13 companionscase
12mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 companionsnmod:poss
13companionscompanionNOUNNumber=Plur10 lastnmod
14mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 stocknmod:poss
15stockstockNOUNNumber=Sing13 companionsnsubj
16ofofADP_17 provisionscase
17provisionsprovisionNOUNNumber=Plur15 stocknmod
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 smallcop
19sosoADV_20 smalladvmod
20smallsmallADJDegree=Pos8 buriedparataxis
21thatthatSCONJ_24 thoughtmark
22IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 thoughtnsubj
23hardlyhardlyADV_24 thoughtadvmod
24thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 smalladvcl
25IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs27 livensubj
26shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin27 liveaux
27liveliveVERBVerbForm=Inf24 thoughtccomp
28longlongADVDegree=Pos27 liveadvmod
29enoughenoughADV_28 longadvmod
30totoPART_31 digmark
31digdigVERBVerbForm=Inf27 liveadvcl
32mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 gravenmod:poss
33ownownADJDegree=Pos34 graveamod
34gravegraveNOUNNumber=Sing31 digobj
35,,PUNCT_38 setpunct
36whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel38 setobj
37IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 setnsubj
38setsetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 graveacl:relcl
39aboutaboutSCONJ_40 doingmark
40doingdoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part38 setadvcl
41,,PUNCT_44 regrettedpunct
42whilewhileSCONJ_44 regrettedmark
43IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs44 regrettednsubj
44regrettedregretVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 digconj
45bitterlybitterlyADV_48 dispositionadvmod
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 dispositiondet
47rovingroveVERBVerbForm=Ger48 dispositionamod
48dispositiondispositionNOUNNumber=Sing44 regrettedobj
49whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel52 bringingnsubj
50wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 bringingaux
51alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot52 bringingadvmod
52bringingbringVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part48 dispositionacl:relcl
53meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs52 bringingiobj
54intointoADP_56 straitscase
55suchsuchADJDegree=Pos56 straitsamod
56straitsstraitNOUNNumber=Plur52 bringingobl
57,,PUNCT_59 thoughtpunct
58andandCCONJ_59 thoughtcc
59thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 buriedadvcl
60longinglylonginglyADV_64 comfortadvmod
61ofofADP_64 comfortcase
62allallDETPronType=Tot64 comfortdet:predet
63thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art64 comfortdet
64comfortcomfortNOUNNumber=Sing59 thoughtccomp
65andandCCONJ_66 luxurycc
66luxuryluxuryNOUNNumber=Sing64 comfortconj
67thatthatPRONPronType=Rel70 leftnsubj:pass
68IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs70 leftnsubj
69hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin70 leftaux
70leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass64 comfortparataxis
71..PUNCT_8 buriedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1burypast · perfectItimenevertheless propertyvn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2ispastthe last of my companionssmall propertytree rules
3think speech: otherpastIhardly propertyvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4liveshouldIlong propertyvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5digto-infinitiveI not said heremy own gravevn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme
6setpresentImy own gravevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient which=Result
7dogerundI not said herevn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8regretpastIthe roving dispositionvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disposition=Stimulus
9rovegerundvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10bringpast · progressivethe roving dispositionmesuch straitsalways propertyvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into strait=Destination
11think speech: otherpastI not said herevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12leavepast · perfect · passivethatvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
13stockmyprovisionsnom stock «possession transitive»: poss=agent 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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