The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 13
I took my leave of him, well satisfied with the honours and rewards he bestowed upon me; and since that time I have rested from my labours, and given myself up wholly to my family and my friends.
Who acts: I, Bagdad · What happens: take, bestow, rest, give up · To what, where: leave, rewards, labours, myself
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Bagdad), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 leave | nmod:poss |
| 4 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 leave | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 satisfied | punct |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 satisfied | advmod |
| 9 | satisfied | satisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 took | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 honours | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 honours | det |
| 12 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 satisfied | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 rewards | cc |
| 14 | rewards | reward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 honours | conj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bestowed | nsubj |
| 16 | bestowed | bestow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 rewards | acl:relcl |
| 17 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 me | case |
| 18 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 bestowed | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 rested | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 rested | cc |
| 21 | since | since | ADP | _ | 23 time | case |
| 22 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 time | det |
| 23 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 rested | obl |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 rested | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 rested | aux |
| 26 | rested | rest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 took | parataxis |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 labours | case |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 labours | nmod:poss |
| 29 | labours | labour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 rested | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 given | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 given | cc |
| 32 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 rested | conj |
| 33 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 32 given | iobj |
| 34 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 given | compound:prt |
| 35 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 32 given | advmod |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 family | case |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 family | nmod:poss |
| 38 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 given | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 friends | cc |
| 40 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 friends | nmod:poss |
| 41 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 family | conj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | I | my leave of Bagdad | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bestow | past | Bagdad | rewards not said here | upon me | tree rules | |||
| 3 | rest | present · perfect | I | my labours | time | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | give up | participle | I not said here | myself | to my family and my friends; wholly property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent myself=Theme to family=Recipient |
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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