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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 19, sentence 98

"Loose the cords from the Christian's neck," he commanded, turning to the executioner, "and hang this man in his place, seeing that by his own confession he is the murderer."

Who acts: you, Christian · What happens: lose, command, turn, hang, see, be · To what, where: cords, neck, executioner, man, place, murderer · 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 (you, Christian), 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

punctdetobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctpunctnsubjconjpunctadvclcasedetoblpunctpunctccconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctadvclmarkcasenmod:possamodoblnsubjcopdetadvclpunctpunctroot"PUNCTLooseVERBtheDETcordsNOUNfromADPtheDETChristianPROPN'sPARTneckNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCThePRONcommandedVERB,PUNCTturningVERBtoADPtheDETexecutionerNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTandCCONJhangVERBthisDETmanNOUNinADPhisPRONplaceNOUN,PUNCTseeingVERBthatSCONJbyADPhisPRONownADJconfessionNOUNhePRONisAUXtheDETmurdererNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_2 Loosepunct
2LooseloseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 cordsdet
4cordscordNOUNNumber=Plur2 Looseobj
5fromfromADP_9 neckcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Christiandet
7ChristianChristianPROPNNumber=Sing9 necknmod:poss
8's'sPART_7 Christiancase
9neckneckNOUNNumber=Sing2 Looseobl
10,,PUNCT_13 commandedpunct
11""PUNCT_13 commandedpunct
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 commandednsubj
13commandedcommandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 Looseconj
14,,PUNCT_15 turningpunct
15turningturnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 commandedadvcl
16totoADP_18 executionercase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 executionerdet
18executionerexecutionerNOUNNumber=Sing15 turningobl
19,,PUNCT_2 Loosepunct
20""PUNCT_2 Loosepunct
21andandCCONJ_22 hangcc
22hanghangVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 Looseconj
23thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem24 mandet
24manmanNOUNNumber=Sing22 hangobj
25ininADP_27 placecase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 placenmod:poss
27placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing22 hangobl
28,,PUNCT_29 seeingpunct
29seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part22 hangadvcl
30thatthatSCONJ_38 murderermark
31bybyADP_34 confessioncase
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 confessionnmod:poss
33ownownADJDegree=Pos34 confessionamod
34confessionconfessionNOUNNumber=Sing38 murdererobl
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 murderernsubj
36isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 murderercop
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 murdererdet
38murderermurdererNOUNNumber=Sing29 seeingadvcl
39..PUNCT_2 Loosepunct
40""PUNCT_2 Loosepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lose in a quoteimperativeyou not said herethe cordsthe Christian's neckvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme from neck=Initial_Location
2commandpastChristianvn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent
3turngerundChristian not said herethe executionervn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to executioner=Trajectory
4hang in a quoteinfinitiveyou not said herethis manChristian's placevn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme in place=Destination
5see in a quotegerundyou not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6is a in a quotepresentChristianthe murdererby Christian's own confessiontree rules
7confess in a quoteChristiannom confession «communication transitive»: poss=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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