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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 18, sentence 83

I thought now that my last hour was surely come; but the huge creature, picking me up gently enough, set me upon its back, where I clung more dead than alive, and followed by the whole herd turned and crashed off into the dense forest.

Who acts: I, huge creature, whole herd · What happens: think, come, pick up, set, cling, follow · To what, where: last hour, me, back, more dead, dense forest · 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, huge creature, whole herd), 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

nsubjadvmodmarknmod:possamodnsubjaux:passadvmodccomppunctccdetamodccomppunctaclobjcompound:prtadvmodadvmodpunctparataxisobjcasenmod:possoblpunctadvmodnsubjconjamodobjcaseoblpunctccparataxismarkdetamodnsubjadvclccconjcompound:prtcasedetamodoblpunctrootIPRONthoughtVERBnowADVthatSCONJmyPRONlastADJhourNOUNwasAUXsurelyADVcomeVERB;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDEThugeADJcreatureNOUN,PUNCTpickingVERBmePRONupADPgentlyADVenoughADV,PUNCTsetVERBmePRONuponADPitsPRONbackNOUN,PUNCTwhereADVIPRONclungVERBmoreADJdeadADJthanADPaliveADJ,PUNCTandCCONJfollowedVERBbySCONJtheDETwholeADJherdNOUNturnedVERBandCCONJcrashedVERBoffADPintoADPtheDETdenseADJforestNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 thoughtnsubj
2thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nownowADVPronType=Dem2 thoughtadvmod
4thatthatSCONJ_10 comemark
5mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 hournmod:poss
6lastlastADJDegree=Pos7 houramod
7hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing10 comensubj
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 comeaux:pass
9surelysurelyADV_10 comeadvmod
10comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 thoughtccomp
11;;PUNCT_15 creaturepunct
12butbutCCONJ_15 creaturecc
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 creaturedet
14hugehugeADJDegree=Pos15 creatureamod
15creaturecreatureNOUNNumber=Sing2 thoughtccomp
16,,PUNCT_17 pickingpunct
17pickingpickVERBVerbForm=Ger15 creatureacl
18meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs17 pickingobj
19upupADP_17 pickingcompound:prt
20gentlygentlyADV_17 pickingadvmod
21enoughenoughADV_17 pickingadvmod
22,,PUNCT_23 setpunct
23setsetVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin15 creatureparataxis
24meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs23 setobj
25uponuponADP_27 backcase
26itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 backnmod:poss
27backbackNOUNNumber=Sing23 setobl
28,,PUNCT_31 clungpunct
29wherewhereADVPronType=Rel31 clungadvmod
30IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs31 clungnsubj
31clungclingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 setconj
32moremoreADJDegree=Cmp33 deadamod
33deaddeadADJDegree=Pos31 clungobj
34thanthanADP_35 alivecase
35alivealiveADJDegree=Pos33 deadobl
36,,PUNCT_38 followedpunct
37andandCCONJ_38 followedcc
38followedfollowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass31 clungparataxis
39bybySCONJ_43 turnedmark
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 herddet
41wholewholeADJDegree=Pos42 herdamod
42herdherdNOUNNumber=Sing43 turnednsubj
43turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 followedadvcl
44andandCCONJ_45 crashedcc
45crashedcrashVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 turnedconj
46offoffADP_45 crashedcompound:prt
47intointoADP_50 forestcase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 forestdet
49densedenseADJDegree=Pos50 forestamod
50forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing45 crashedobl
51..PUNCT_2 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastInowvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2comepast · passivemy last hoursurely propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3pick upgerundthe huge creature not said heremeenough, gently propertyvn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic
4setinfinitivemecreature's backvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme upon back=Destination
5clingpastImore deadvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dead=Theme
6followparticiplevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7turnpastthe whole herdvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
8crash offpastthe whole herd not said hereinto the dense forest resultvn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into forest=Result

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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