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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 20, sentence 18

The executioner speedily untied the knots which confined the doctor, and was passing the cord round the neck of the tailor, when the Sultan of Kashgar, who had missed his jester, happened to make inquiry of his officers as to what had become of him.

Who acts: executioner, knots, Sultan · What happens: untie, confine, pass, miss, happen, make · To what, where: knots, doctor, cord, jester, inquiry, officers

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (executioner, knots, Sultan), 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

detnsubjadvmoddetobjnsubjacl:relcldetobjpunctccauxadvcldetobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmoddetnsubjcasenmodpunctnsubjauxacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctconjmarkxcompobjcasenmod:possnmodmarkfixednsubjauxadvclcaseoblpunctrootTheDETexecutionerNOUNspeedilyADVuntiedVERBtheDETknotsNOUNwhichPRONconfinedVERBtheDETdoctorNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXpassingVERBtheDETcordNOUNroundADPtheDETneckNOUNofADPtheDETtailorNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVtheDETSultanPROPNofADPKashgarPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXmissedVERBhisPRONjesterNOUN,PUNCThappenedVERBtoPARTmakeVERBinquiryNOUNofADPhisPRONofficersNOUNasSCONJtoADPwhatPRONhadAUXbecomeVERBofADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 executionerdet
2executionerexecutionerNOUNNumber=Sing4 untiednsubj
3speedilyspeedilyADV_4 untiedadvmod
4untieduntieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 knotsdet
6knotsknotNOUNNumber=Plur4 untiedobj
7whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel8 confinednsubj
8confinedconfineVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 knotsacl:relcl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 doctordet
10doctordoctorNOUNNumber=Sing8 confinedobj
11,,PUNCT_14 passingpunct
12andandCCONJ_14 passingcc
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 passingaux
14passingpassVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 untiedadvcl
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 corddet
16cordcordNOUNNumber=Sing14 passingobj
17roundroundADP_19 neckcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 neckdet
19neckneckNOUNNumber=Sing14 passingobl
20ofofADP_22 tailorcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 tailordet
22tailortailorNOUNNumber=Sing19 necknmod
23,,PUNCT_36 happenedpunct
24whenwhenADVPronType=Int36 happenedadvmod
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 Sultandet
26SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing36 happenednsubj
27ofofADP_28 Kashgarcase
28KashgarKashgarPROPNNumber=Sing26 Sultannmod
29,,PUNCT_32 missedpunct
30whowhoPRONPronType=Rel32 missednsubj
31hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 missedaux
32missedmissVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part26 Sultanacl:relcl
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 jesternmod:poss
34jesterjesterNOUNNumber=Sing32 missedobj
35,,PUNCT_26 Sultanpunct
36happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 untiedconj
37totoPART_38 makemark
38makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf36 happenedxcomp
39inquiryinquiryNOUNNumber=Sing38 makeobj
40ofofADP_42 officerscase
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 officersnmod:poss
42officersofficerNOUNNumber=Plur39 inquirynmod
43asasSCONJ_47 becomemark
44totoADP_43 asfixed
45whatwhatPRONPronType=Int47 becomensubj
46hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 becomeaux
47becomebecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part38 makeadvcl
48ofofADP_49 himcase
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 becomeobl
50..PUNCT_4 untiedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1untiepastthe executionerthe knotsspeedily propertyvn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient
2confinepastthe knotsthe doctorvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Theme
3passpast · progressivethe executioner not said herethe cordround the neck of the tailorvn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cord=Trajectory
4misspast · perfectthe Sultan of KashgarSultan's jestervn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jester=Stimulus
5happenpastthe Sultan of Kashgartree rules
6maketo-infinitivethe Sultan of Kashgar not said hereinquiry of Sultan's officersvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquiry=Product
7becomepast · perfectof Sultanvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
8inquireSultan's officersnom inquiry «cognition transitive»: of=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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