The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 2, sentence 139

When the first old man had finished his story, the second, who was leading the two black dogs, said to the genius, "I am going to tell you what happened to me, and I am sure that you will find my story even more astonishing than the one to which you have just been listening.

Who acts: first old man, I, genius · What happens: finish, lead, say, go, tell, happen · To what, where: story, two black dogs, genius, me, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first old man, I, genius), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 finished	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 man	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finished	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 finished	aux
7	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 story	nmod:poss
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finished	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 second	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 second	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 story	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 leading	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 leading	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 leading	aux
16	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 second	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 dogs	det
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 dogs	nummod
19	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 dogs	amod
20	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 leading	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 finished	punct
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 genius	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 genius	det
25	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 going	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	30 going	punct
28	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 going	nsubj
29	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 going	aux
30	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 said	ccomp
31	to	to	PART	_	32 tell	mark
32	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 going	xcomp
33	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 tell	iobj
34	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 happened	nsubj
35	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 tell	ccomp
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 me	case
37	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 happened	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 sure	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 sure	cc
40	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 sure	nsubj
41	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 sure	cop
42	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 said	parataxis
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 find	mark
44	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 find	nsubj
45	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 find	aux
46	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 sure	ccomp
47	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 story	nmod:poss
48	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 find	obj
49	even	even	ADV	_	50 more	advmod
50	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	51 astonishing	advmod
51	astonishing	astonish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 find	advcl
52	than	than	ADP	_	54 one	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 one	det
54	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 astonishing	obl
55	to	to	ADP	_	56 which	case
56	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 listening	obl
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	61 listening	nsubj
58	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 listening	aux
59	just	just	ADV	_	61 listening	advmod
60	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	61 listening	aux
61	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 one	acl:relcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	finish	past · perfect	the first old man	man's story			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector story=Eventuality
2	lead	past · progressive		the two black dogs			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past			the genius		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to genius=Recipient clause=Topic
4	go in a quote	present · progressive	I				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	tell speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		the genius = genius		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
6	happen in a quote	past			me		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	is in a quote	present	I			sure property	tree rules
8	find in a quote	future	the genius = genius	my story			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic
9	astonish in a quote	gerund	the genius = genius not said here			than the one	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10	listen in a quote	present · perfect · progressive	the genius = genius		the one		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=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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