The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 18, sentence 24

As soon as I had declared my errand I was conducted into the presence of the Caliph, to whom, after I had made my obeisance, I gave the letter and the king's gift, and when he had examined them he demanded of me whether the Prince of Serendib was really as rich and powerful as he claimed to be.

Who acts: I, king, Prince, my · What happens: declare, conduct, make, give, examine, demand · To what, where: errand, I, presence, obeisance, letter, letters

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 (I, king, Prince, 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	As	as	ADV	_	2 soon	advmod
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 conducted	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 declared	mark
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 declared	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 declared	aux
6	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 conducted	advcl
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 errand	nmod:poss
8	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declared	obj
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 conducted	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 conducted	aux:pass
11	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 presence	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 presence	det
14	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conducted	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Caliph	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Caliph	det
17	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 presence	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 whom	punct
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 whom	case
20	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 conducted	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 made	punct
22	after	after	SCONJ	_	25 made	mark
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 made	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 made	aux
25	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 conducted	parataxis
26	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 obeisance	nmod:poss
27	obeisance	obeisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 made	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 gave	punct
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 gave	nsubj
30	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 made	conj
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 letter	det
32	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 gave	obj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 gift	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 king	det
35	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 gift	nmod:poss
36	's	's	PART	_	35 king	case
37	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 letter	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 examined	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 examined	cc
40	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	43 examined	advmod
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 examined	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 examined	aux
43	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 gave	conj
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 examined	obj
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 demanded	nsubj
46	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 gave	conj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 me	case
48	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 demanded	obl
49	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	57 rich	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 Prince	det
51	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 rich	nsubj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 Serendib	case
53	Serendib	Serendib	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Prince	nmod
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 rich	cop
55	really	really	ADV	_	57 rich	advmod
56	as	as	ADP	_	57 rich	case
57	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 demanded	advcl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 powerful	cc
59	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 rich	conj
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 claimed	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 claimed	nsubj
62	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 rich	advcl
63	to	to	PART	_	64 be	mark
64	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 claimed	xcomp
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 conducted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past · perfect	I	my errand			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=Attribute
2	conduct	past · passive		I	the presence of the Caliph	soon property	vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme whom=Beneficiary
3	make	past · perfect	I	my obeisance			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obeisance=Product
4	give	past	I	the letter and the king's gift			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
5	examine	past · perfect	king	letters = letter			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
6	demand speech: request	past	king			of me	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
7	is	past	the Prince of Serendib			rich property	tree rules
8	be		the Prince of Serendib not said here				tree rules
9	claim speech: other	past	king				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	be	to-infinitive	king not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	obey		my				nom obeisance «communication transitive»: poss=agent
12	gift		the king				nom gift «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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