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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 8 buried | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nevertheless | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 buried | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 buried | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 buried | aux |
| 8 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 last | det |
| 10 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 small | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 companions | case |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 companions | nmod:poss |
| 13 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 last | nmod |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 stock | nmod:poss |
| 15 | stock | stock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 companions | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 provisions | case |
| 17 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 stock | nmod |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 small | cop |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 small | advmod |
| 20 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 buried | parataxis |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 thought | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 thought | nsubj |
| 23 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 24 thought | advmod |
| 24 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 small | advcl |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 live | nsubj |
| 26 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 live | aux |
| 27 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 thought | ccomp |
| 28 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 live | advmod |
| 29 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 28 long | advmod |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 dig | mark |
| 31 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 live | advcl |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 grave | nmod:poss |
| 33 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 grave | amod |
| 34 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 dig | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 set | punct |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 set | obj |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 set | nsubj |
| 38 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 grave | acl:relcl |
| 39 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 40 doing | mark |
| 40 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 set | advcl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 regretted | punct |
| 42 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 44 regretted | mark |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 regretted | nsubj |
| 44 | regretted | regret | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 dig | conj |
| 45 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 48 disposition | advmod |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 disposition | det |
| 47 | roving | rove | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 48 disposition | amod |
| 48 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 regretted | obj |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 bringing | nsubj |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 bringing | aux |
| 51 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 52 bringing | advmod |
| 52 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 disposition | acl:relcl |
| 53 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 bringing | iobj |
| 54 | into | into | ADP | _ | 56 straits | case |
| 55 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 straits | amod |
| 56 | straits | strait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 bringing | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 thought | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 thought | cc |
| 59 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 buried | advcl |
| 60 | longingly | longingly | ADV | _ | 64 comfort | advmod |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 comfort | case |
| 62 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 64 comfort | det:predet |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 comfort | det |
| 64 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 thought | ccomp |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 luxury | cc |
| 66 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 comfort | conj |
| 67 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 70 left | nsubj:pass |
| 68 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 left | nsubj |
| 69 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 left | aux |
| 70 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 comfort | parataxis |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 buried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | past · perfect | I | time | nevertheless property | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | past | the last of my companions | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | I | hardly property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | live | should | I | long property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | dig | to-infinitive | I not said here | my own grave | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme | ||||
| 6 | set | present | I | my own grave | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient which=Result | ||||
| 7 | do | gerund | I not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | regret | past | I | the roving disposition | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disposition=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | rove | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 10 | bring | past · progressive | the roving disposition | me | such straits | always property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into strait=Destination | ||
| 11 | think speech: other | past | I not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 12 | leave | past · perfect · passive | that | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 13 | stock | my | provisions | nom 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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