The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 7
I left the ship at the first port we came to, not feeling at ease upon the sea after all that had happened to me by reason of it, and having disposed of my ivory for much gold, and bought many rare and costly presents, I loaded my pack animals, and joined a caravan of merchants.
Who acts: I, we, that · What happens: leave, come, not feel, happen, dispose, buy · To what, where: ship, first port, ease, me, many rare presents, pack animals
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, we, that), 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 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ship | det |
| 4 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 port | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 port | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 port | amod |
| 8 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 port | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | too | ADV | Typo=Yes | 10 came | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 feeling | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 feeling | advmod |
| 14 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 left | advcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 ease | case |
| 16 | ease | ease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 feeling | obl |
| 17 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 19 sea | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sea | det |
| 19 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 feeling | obl |
| 20 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 24 happened | mark |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 happened | det:predet |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 happened | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 happened | aux |
| 24 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 feeling | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 me | case |
| 26 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 happened | obl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 reason | case |
| 28 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 happened | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 it | case |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 reason | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 disposed | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 disposed | cc |
| 33 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 disposed | aux |
| 34 | disposed | dispose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 happened | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 ivory | case |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 ivory | nmod:poss |
| 37 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 disposed | obl |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 gold | case |
| 39 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 gold | amod |
| 40 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 disposed | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 bought | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 bought | cc |
| 43 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 left | parataxis |
| 44 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 presents | amod |
| 45 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 presents | amod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 costly | cc |
| 47 | costly | costly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 rare | conj |
| 48 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 bought | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 loaded | punct |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 loaded | nsubj |
| 51 | loaded | load | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 bought | conj |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 animals | nmod:poss |
| 53 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 animals | compound |
| 54 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 loaded | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 joined | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 joined | cc |
| 57 | joined | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 bought | conj |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 caravan | det |
| 59 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 joined | obj |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 merchants | case |
| 61 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 caravan | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | I | the ship | the first port | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ship=Theme at port=Location | |||
| 2 | come | past | we | the first port not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location port=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not feel | gerund | I not said here | ease | upon the sea | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at ease=Location | |||
| 4 | happen | past · perfect | that | me | by reason of reason | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by reason=Location | |||
| 5 | dispose | gerund · perfect | that not said here | of my ivory; for much gold | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | buy | past | many rare presents | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme | |||||
| 7 | load | past | I | my pack animals | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Destination | ||||
| 8 | join | past | a caravan of merchants | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient |
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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