The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 20, sentence 45

In spite of my riches I shall not, however, give up trade till I have amassed a capital of a hundred thousand drachmas, when, having become a man of much consideration, I shall request the hand of the grand-vizir's daughter, taking care to inform the worthy father that I have heard favourable reports of her beauty and wit, and that I will pay down on our wedding day 3 thousand gold pieces.

Who acts: you, I · What happens: give up, amass, have, become, request, take · To what, where: trade, spite, capital, man, hand, care

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 (you, I), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 spite	case
2	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 give	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 riches	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 riches	nmod:poss
5	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spite	nmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 shall	nsubj
7	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 riches	acl:relcl
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 shall	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 spite	punct
10	however	however	ADV	_	12 give	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 however	punct
12	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 give	compound:prt
14	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 give	obj
15	till	till	SCONJ	_	18 amassed	mark
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 amassed	nsubj
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 amassed	aux
18	amassed	amass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 give	advcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 capital	det
20	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 amassed	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	25 drachmas	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 hundred	det
23	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 thousand	compound
24	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 drachmas	nummod
25	drachmas	drachma	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 capital	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 when	punct
27	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 amassed	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 having	punct
29	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 amassed	advcl
30	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 having	xcomp
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 man	det
32	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 become	xcomp
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 consideration	case
34	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 consideration	amod
35	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 man	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 request	punct
37	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 request	nsubj
38	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 request	aux
39	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 give	conj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 hand	det
41	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 request	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	48 daughter	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 vizir	det
44	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 vizir	amod
45	-	-	PUNCT	_	44 grand	punct
46	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 daughter	nmod:poss
47	's	's	PART	_	46 vizir	case
48	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 hand	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 taking	punct
50	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 request	advcl
51	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 taking	obj
52	to	to	PART	_	53 inform	mark
53	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 taking	advcl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 father	det
55	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 father	amod
56	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 inform	obj
57	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 heard	nsubj:pass
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 heard	nsubj
59	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 heard	aux
60	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 father	acl:relcl
61	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 reports	amod
62	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 heard	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 beauty	case
64	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 beauty	nmod:poss
65	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 reports	nmod
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 wit	cc
67	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 beauty	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 pay	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 pay	cc
70	that	that	SCONJ	_	73 pay	mark
71	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	73 pay	nsubj
72	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 pay	aux
73	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 give	conj
74	down	down	ADP	_	73 pay	compound:prt
75	on	on	ADP	_	78 day	case
76	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 day	nmod:poss
77	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 day	compound
78	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 pay	obl
79	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	80 thousand	compound
80	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	82 pieces	nummod
81	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 pieces	compound
82	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 pay	obj
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 give	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	imperative	you not said here	trade		spite of my riches		however property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Source
2	amass	present · perfect	I	a capital of thousand drachmas					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent capital=Theme
3	have	gerund	I not said here						tree rules
4	become	infinitive	I not said here	a man of much consideration					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	request	shall	I	the hand of the grand vizir's daughter					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent hand=Recipient
6	take	gerund	I not said here	care					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
7	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	I not said here		the worthy father				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient
8	hear	present · perfect · passive		the worthy father					tree rules
9	pay down	future	I	thousand gold pieces			day		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Asset
10	spite			my riches					nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient
11	report			sort's beauty and wit					nom report «communication 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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