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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 18, sentence 29

A thousand men in cloth of gold, mounted upon richly caparisoned elephants, go before him, and as the procession moves onward the officer who guides his elephant cries aloud, `Behold the mighty monarch, the powerful and valiant Sultan of the Indies, whose palace is covered with a hundred thousand rubies, who possesses twenty thousand diamond crowns.

Who acts: thousand men, procession, officer, mighty monarch · What happens: mount, caparison, go, move, guide, cry · To what, where: elephant, mighty monarch, palace, thousand diamond crowns

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 (thousand men, procession, officer, mighty monarch), 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

detnummodnsubjcasenmodcasenmodpunctcaseadvmodamodoblpunctparataxiscaseoblpunctccmarkdetnsubjadvcladvmoddetnsubjnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjparataxisadvmodpunctpunctdiscoursedetamodoblpunctdetamodccconjnmodcasedetnmodpunctnmod:possnsubj:passaux:passaclcasedetcompoundnummodoblpunctnsubjconjcompoundnummodcompoundobjpunctrootADETthousandNUMmenNOUNinADPclothNOUNofADPgoldNOUN,PUNCTmountedVERBuponADPrichlyADVcaparisonedVERBelephantsNOUN,PUNCTgoVERBbeforeADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJasSCONJtheDETprocessionNOUNmovesVERBonwardADVtheDETofficerNOUNwhoPRONguidesVERBhisPRONelephantNOUNcriesVERBaloudADV,PUNCT`PUNCTBeholdINTJtheDETmightyADJmonarchNOUN,PUNCTtheDETpowerfulADJandCCONJvaliantADJSultanPROPNofADPtheDETIndiesPROPN,PUNCTwhosePRONpalaceNOUNisAUXcoveredVERBwithADPaDEThundredNUMthousandNUMrubiesNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONpossessesVERBtwentyNUMthousandNUMdiamondNOUNcrownsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 mendet
2thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 mennummod
3menmanNOUNNumber=Plur9 mountednsubj
4ininADP_5 clothcase
5clothclothNOUNNumber=Sing3 mennmod
6ofofADP_7 goldcase
7goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing5 clothnmod
8,,PUNCT_9 mountedpunct
9mountedmountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
10uponuponADP_13 elephantscase
11richlyrichlyADV_12 caparisonedadvmod
12caparisonedcaparisonVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 elephantsamod
13elephantselephantNOUNNumber=Plur9 mountedobl
14,,PUNCT_15 gopunct
15gogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 mountedparataxis
16beforebeforeADP_17 himcase
17himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 goobl
18,,PUNCT_31 criespunct
19andandCCONJ_31 criescc
20asasSCONJ_23 movesmark
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 processiondet
22processionprocessionNOUNNumber=Sing23 movesnsubj
23movesmoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 criesadvcl
24onwardonwardADV_23 movesadvmod
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 officerdet
26officerofficerNOUNNumber=Sing31 criesnsubj
27whowhoPRONPronType=Rel28 guidesnsubj
28guidesguideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin26 officeracl:relcl
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 elephantnmod:poss
30elephantelephantNOUNNumber=Sing28 guidesobj
31criescryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 mountedparataxis
32aloudaloudADV_31 criesadvmod
33,,PUNCT_38 monarchpunct
34``PUNCT_38 monarchpunct
35BeholdbeholdINTJ_38 monarchdiscourse
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 monarchdet
37mightymightyADJDegree=Pos38 monarchamod
38monarchmonarchNOUNNumber=Sing31 criesobl
39,,PUNCT_44 Sultanpunct
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 Sultandet
41powerfulpowerfulADJDegree=Pos44 Sultanamod
42andandCCONJ_43 valiantcc
43valiantvaliantADJDegree=Pos41 powerfulconj
44SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing38 monarchnmod
45ofofADP_47 Indiescase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 Indiesdet
47IndiesIndyPROPNNumber=Plur44 Sultannmod
48,,PUNCT_52 coveredpunct
49whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel50 palacenmod:poss
50palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing52 coverednsubj:pass
51isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin52 coveredaux:pass
52coveredcoverVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass38 monarchacl
53withwithADP_57 rubiescase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 hundreddet
55hundredhundredNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card56 thousandcompound
56thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card57 rubiesnummod
57rubiesrubyNOUNNumber=Plur52 coveredobl
58,,PUNCT_60 possessespunct
59whowhoPRONPronType=Rel60 possessesnsubj
60possessespossessVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 monarchconj
61twentytwentyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card62 thousandcompound
62thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card64 crownsnummod
63diamonddiamondNOUNNumber=Sing64 crownscompound
64crownscrownNOUNNumber=Plur60 possessesobj
65..PUNCT_9 mountedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mountparticiplea thousand men in cloth of goldupon caparisoned elephantsvn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon elephant=Destination
2caparisonparticiplerichly propertytree rules
3goinfinitivebefore Commandervn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before he=Location
4movepresentthe processiononward propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
5guidepresentthe officerCommander's elephantvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Theme
6cry speech: expresspresentthe officerthe mighty monarch the powerful Sultan of the Indiesaloud propertyvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7coverpresent · passivepalacewith thousand rubiesvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with ruby=Theme
8possesspresentthe mighty monarch the powerful Sultan of the Indiesthousand diamond crownsvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot crown=Theme

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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