The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 20, sentence 36

Having bought his stock he next proceeded to look out for a small shop in a good position, where he sat down at the open door, his wares being piled up in an uncovered basket in front of him, waiting for a customer among the passers-by.

Who acts: Alnaschar · What happens: buy, proceed, look out, sit down, pile up, uncover · To what, where: stock, good position, open door, wares, uncovered basket

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 (Alnaschar), 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	Having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bought	aux
2	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stock	nmod:poss
4	stock	stock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 proceeded	nsubj
6	next	next	ADV	_	7 proceeded	advmod
7	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stock	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 proceeded	xcomp
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 look	compound:prt
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 shop	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shop	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 shop	amod
14	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 position	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 position	det
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 position	amod
18	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sat	punct
20	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 sat	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 sat	nsubj
22	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 position	acl:relcl
23	down	down	ADP	_	22 sat	compound:prt
24	at	at	ADP	_	27 door	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 door	det
26	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 door	amod
27	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sat	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 piled	punct
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 wares	nmod:poss
30	wares	ware	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 piled	nsubj:pass
31	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 piled	aux:pass
32	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 position	parataxis
33	up	up	ADP	_	32 piled	compound:prt
34	in	in	ADP	_	37 basket	case
35	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 basket	det
36	uncovered	uncover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 basket	amod
37	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 piled	obl
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 front	case
39	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 basket	nmod
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 him	case
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 front	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 waiting	punct
43	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 piled	conj
44	for	for	ADP	_	46 customer	case
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 customer	det
46	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 waiting	obl
47	among	among	ADP	_	49 passers	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 passers	det
49	passers	passer	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 waiting	obl
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	49 passers	punct
51	by	by	ADP	_	43 waiting	obl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund · perfect		Alnaschar's stock			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stock=Theme
2	proceed	past	Alnaschar	Alnaschar's stock not said here		next property	tree rules
3	look out	to-infinitive	Alnaschar not said here		a good position	for a small shop	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for shop=Theme
4	sit down	past	Alnaschar		the open door		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location
5	pile up	gerund · passive		Alnaschar's wares	a uncovered basket in front of Alnaschar		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in basket=Destination
6	uncover	participle					tree rules
7	wait	gerund				for a customer; among the passers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among passer=Location
8	stock		Alnaschar				nom stock «possession 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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