The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 82

Oho!" he went on, looking closer, "so this is the way a Christian has the impudence to treat a Mussulman!" and seizing the merchant in a firm grasp he took him to the inspector of police, who threw him into prison till the judge should be out of bed and ready to attend to his case.

Who acts: Hunchback, this, Christian, police, looking · What happens: go on, look, be, have, treat, seize · To what, where: way, impudence, Mussulman, merchant, firm grasp, inspector · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Hunchback, this, Christian, police), 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	Oho	oho	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	vocative
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Oho	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Oho	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 looking	punct
8	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 bed	csubj
9	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 looking	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 closer	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 way	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 way	advmod
13	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 way	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 way	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looking	obl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 Christian	det
18	Christian	Christian	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 has	nsubj
19	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 way	acl:relcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 impudence	det
21	impudence	impudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 has	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 treat	mark
23	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 impudence	acl
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 Mussulman	det
25	Mussulman	mussulman	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 treat	obj
26	!	!	PUNCT	_	16 way	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 way	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 seizing	cc
29	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 looking	conj
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 merchant	det
31	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 seizing	obj
32	in	in	ADP	_	35 grasp	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 grasp	det
34	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 grasp	amod
35	grasp	grasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 seizing	obl
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 took	nsubj
37	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 grasp	acl:relcl
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 took	obj
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 inspector	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 inspector	det
41	inspector	inspector	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 took	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 police	case
43	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 inspector	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 threw	punct
45	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 threw	nsubj
46	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 police	acl:relcl
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 threw	obj
48	into	into	ADP	_	49 prison	case
49	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 threw	obl
50	till	till	ADP	_	52 judge	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 judge	det
52	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 threw	obl
53	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 bed	aux
54	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 bed	cop
55	out	out	ADP	_	57 bed	case
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 bed	case
57	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 ready	cc
59	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 bed	conj
60	to	to	PART	_	61 attend	mark
61	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 ready	xcomp
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 case	case
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 case	nmod:poss
64	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 attend	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on in a quote	past	Hunchback				Oho vocative	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look in a quote	gerund					close property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	present	this	the way				tree rules
4	have	present	a Christian	the impudence				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impudence=Patient
5	treat	to-infinitive	a Christian not said here	a Mussulman				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mussulman=Recipient
6	seize in a quote	gerund		the merchant	a firm grasp			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme
7	take in a quote	past	Hunchback	Mussulman	the inspector of police			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to inspector=Destination
8	throw in a quote	past	police	Hunchback		till the judge	into prison result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into prison=Result
9	is in a quote	should	looking		bed			tree rules
10	be in a quote		looking not said here					tree rules
11	attend in a quote	to-infinitive	looking not said here				to Hunchback's case	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to case=Theme

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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