The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 18, sentence 19

Though the offering we present to you is unworthy of your notice, we pray you to accept it as a mark of the esteem and friendship which we cherish for you, and of which we gladly send you this token, and we ask of you a like regard if you deem us worthy of it.

Who acts: we, offering, you, your · What happens: present, be, pray, accept, cherish, send · To what, where: offering, you, esteem, token, like regard, us

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, offering, you, your), 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	Though	though	SCONJ	_	9 unworthy	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 offering	det
3	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unworthy	nsubj
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 present	nsubj
5	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 offering	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 present	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unworthy	cop
9	unworthy	unworthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pray	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 notice	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 notice	nmod:poss
12	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unworthy	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 unworthy	punct
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 pray	nsubj
15	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 pray	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 accept	mark
18	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 pray	xcomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 accept	obj
20	as	as	ADP	_	22 mark	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 mark	det
22	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 accept	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 esteem	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 esteem	det
25	esteem	esteem	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 mark	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 friendship	cc
27	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 esteem	conj
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 cherish	obj
29	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 cherish	nsubj
30	cherish	cherish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 esteem	acl:relcl
31	for	for	ADP	_	32 you	case
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	30 cherish	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 send	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 send	cc
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 which	case
36	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 send	obl
37	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 send	nsubj
38	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	39 send	advmod
39	send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 pray	conj
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	39 send	iobj
41	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 token	det
42	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 send	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 ask	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 ask	cc
45	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 ask	nsubj
46	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 pray	conj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 you	case
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 ask	obl
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 regard	det
50	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 regard	amod
51	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 ask	obj
52	if	if	SCONJ	_	54 deem	mark
53	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	54 deem	nsubj
54	deem	deem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 ask	advcl
55	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 deem	obj
56	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 deem	xcomp
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 it	case
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 worthy	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 pray	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	present	present	we	the offering not said here	you		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offering=Theme to you=Recipient
2	is	present	the offering			of your notice; unworthy property	tree rules
3	pray	present	we	you			tree rules
4	accept	to-infinitive	we not said here	offering		as a mark of the esteem and friendship	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as mark=Attribute
5	cherish	present	we	the esteem and friendship		for you	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus for you=Attribute
6	send	present	we	this token	you	gladly property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination token=Theme
7	ask speech: ask	present	we	a like regard		of you	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent regard=Recipient
8	deem a condition, not said to happen	present	you	us		worthy property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent we=Attribute
9	notice		your				nom notice «communication transitive»: poss=agent
10	mark			the esteem and friendship			nom mark «cognition transitive»: 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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