The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 18, sentence 43

One day, however, when I was entertaining a number of my friends, I was told that an officer of the Caliph wished to speak to me, and when he was admitted he bade me follow him into the presence of Haroun al Raschid, which I accordingly did.

Who acts: I, officer, Sindbad · What happens: entertain, tell, wish, speak, admit, bade · To what, where: number, I, me, Sindbad, presence, Haroun al · Speech: someone speaks here

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, officer, Sindbad), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 however	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 day	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	18 told	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 however	punct
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 entertaining	advmod
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 entertaining	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 entertaining	aux
9	entertaining	entertain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 told	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 number	det
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entertaining	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 friends	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 friends	nmod:poss
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 number	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 entertaining	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 told	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 told	aux:pass
18	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 wished	mark
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 officer	det
21	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wished	nsubj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 Caliph	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Caliph	det
24	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 officer	nmod
25	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 told	ccomp
26	to	to	PART	_	27 speak	mark
27	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 wished	xcomp
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 me	case
29	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 speak	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 admitted	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 admitted	cc
32	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	35 admitted	advmod
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 admitted	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 admitted	aux:pass
35	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 told	parataxis
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 bade	nsubj
37	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 admitted	ccomp
38	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 bade	obj
39	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 bade	xcomp
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 follow	obj
41	into	into	ADP	_	43 presence	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 presence	det
43	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 follow	obl
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 al	case
45	Haroun	Haroun	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 al	compound
46	al	Al	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 presence	nmod
47	Raschid	Raschid	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 al	flat
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 did	punct
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 did	obj
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 did	nsubj
51	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	_	52 did	advmod
52	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 al	acl:relcl
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	entertain	past · progressive	I	a number of my friends				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	past · passive		I			however property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	wish	past	a officer of the Caliph					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	a officer of the Caliph not said here		me			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to i=Co-Agent
5	admit speech: other	past · passive		Sindbad				tree rules
6	bade	past	Sindbad	me				tree rules
7	follow	infinitive	Sindbad not said here	Sindbad		the presence of Haroun al		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme into presence=Trajectory
8	do	past	I	Haroun al			accordingly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality

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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