The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 59

In the dim light it cast he was astonished to see a man standing in his chimney, but being naturally courageous he seized a stick and made straight for the supposed thief. "

Who acts: lantern, Scarcely, man · What happens: cast, be, see, stand, seize, make · To what, where: dim light, man, chimney, stick

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 (lantern, Scarcely, man), 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 light	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
3	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 astonished	obl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cast	nsubj
6	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 light	acl:relcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 astonished	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 astonished	cop
9	astonished	astonished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 astonished	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj
14	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 man	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 chimney	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 chimney	nmod:poss
17	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 standing	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 courageous	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 courageous	cc
20	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 courageous	cop
21	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	22 courageous	advmod
22	courageous	courageous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 astonished	conj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 seized	nsubj
24	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 courageous	parataxis
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 stick	det
26	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 seized	obj
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 made	cc
28	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 seized	conj
29	straight	straight	ADV	_	28 made	advmod
30	for	for	ADP	_	33 thief	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 thief	det
32	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 thief	amod
33	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 made	obl
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 astonished	punct
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 astonished	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cast	past	lantern	the dim light not said here			vn build-26.1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material light=Product
2	is	past	Scarcely		the dim light	astonished property	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	Scarcely not said here	a man			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
4	stand	gerund	a man not said here		Scarcely's chimney		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chimney=Location
5	is	gerund	Scarcely not said here			courageous, naturally property	tree rules
6	seize	past	Scarcely	a stick			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme
7	make	past	Scarcely not said here			for the supposed thief; straight property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for thief=Asset
8	suppose	participle					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=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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