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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Loose | punct |
| 2 | Loose | lose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cords | det |
| 4 | cords | cord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Loose | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 neck | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Christian | det |
| 7 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 neck | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Christian | case |
| 9 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Loose | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 commanded | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 commanded | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 commanded | nsubj |
| 13 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Loose | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 turning | punct |
| 15 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 commanded | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 executioner | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 executioner | det |
| 18 | executioner | executioner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turning | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Loose | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Loose | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 hang | cc |
| 22 | hang | hang | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 Loose | conj |
| 23 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 man | det |
| 24 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 hang | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 place | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 place | nmod:poss |
| 27 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 hang | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 seeing | punct |
| 29 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 hang | advcl |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 murderer | mark |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 confession | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 confession | nmod:poss |
| 33 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 confession | amod |
| 34 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 murderer | obl |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 murderer | nsubj |
| 36 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 murderer | cop |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 murderer | det |
| 38 | murderer | murderer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 seeing | advcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Loose | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Loose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the cords | the Christian's neck | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme from neck=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | command | past | Christian | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | turn | gerund | Christian not said here | the executioner | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to executioner=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | hang in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | this man | Christian's place | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme in place=Destination | |||
| 5 | see in a quote | gerund | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | Christian | the murderer | by Christian's own confession | tree rules | |||
| 7 | confess in a quote | Christian | nom 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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