The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 21, sentence 16
Delighted at the thought that he had found so easily both a fortune and a beautiful wife, my brother asked no more questions, but concealing his purse, with the money the lady had given him, in the folds of his dress, he set out joyfully with his guide.
Who acts: mind, brother · What happens: find, ask, conceal, give, set out · To what, where: fortune, more questions, purse, lady, mind, folds
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mind, brother), 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 | Delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 thought | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 thought | det |
| 4 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delighted | obl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 found | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 found | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 found | aux |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thought | acl |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 easily | advmod |
| 10 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 8 found | advmod |
| 11 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 13 fortune | cc:preconj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 fortune | det |
| 13 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 wife | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 wife | det |
| 16 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 wife | amod |
| 17 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fortune | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 asked | punct |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 brother | nmod:poss |
| 20 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 asked | nsubj |
| 21 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 fortune | parataxis |
| 22 | no | no | ADV | _ | 23 more | advmod |
| 23 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 questions | amod |
| 24 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 asked | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 given | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 given | cc |
| 27 | concealing | conceal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 given | advcl |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 purse | nmod:poss |
| 29 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 concealing | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 given | punct |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 money | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 money | det |
| 33 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 given | obl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 lady | det |
| 35 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 given | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 given | aux |
| 37 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Delighted | advcl |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 given | iobj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 folds | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 folds | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 folds | det |
| 42 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 given | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 dress | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 dress | nmod:poss |
| 45 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 folds | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 set | punct |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 set | nsubj |
| 48 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 given | conj |
| 49 | out | out | ADP | _ | 48 set | compound:prt |
| 50 | joyfully | joyfully | ADV | _ | 48 set | advmod |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 guide | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 guide | nmod:poss |
| 53 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 set | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Delighted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · perfect | mind | a fortune and a beautiful wife | easily property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Topic | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | my brother | more questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | conceal | gerund | mind's purse | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Patient | |||||
| 4 | give | past · perfect · passive | the lady | mind | the folds of mind's dress | with the money | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | ||
| 5 | set out | past | mind | with mind's guide; joyfully property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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