The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 21, sentence 22
After the usual compliments had passed between them she said, "We are not comfortable here, let us go into another room," and passing into a smaller chamber, apparently communicating with no other, she continued to talk to him for some time.
Who acts: lady, We, you, us · What happens: pass, say, not be, let, go, communicate · To what, where: usual compliments, us, room, smaller chamber, door · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (lady, We, you, us), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 passed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 compliments | det |
| 3 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 compliments | amod |
| 4 | compliments | compliment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 passed | aux |
| 6 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 let | advcl |
| 7 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 passed | obl |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 passed | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 comfortable | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 comfortable | punct |
| 13 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 comfortable | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 comfortable | cop |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 comfortable | advmod |
| 16 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 said | ccomp |
| 17 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 comfortable | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 passed | punct |
| 19 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 let | obj |
| 21 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 let | xcomp |
| 22 | into | into | ADP | _ | 24 room | case |
| 23 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 24 room | det |
| 24 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 go | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 let | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 let | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 continued | cc |
| 28 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 continued | advcl |
| 29 | into | into | ADP | _ | 32 chamber | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 chamber | det |
| 31 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 chamber | amod |
| 32 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 passing | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 communicating | punct |
| 34 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 35 communicating | advmod |
| 35 | communicating | communicate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 passing | conj |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 other | case |
| 37 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 38 other | det |
| 38 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 communicating | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 passing | punct |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 continued | nsubj |
| 41 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 let | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 talk | mark |
| 43 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 continued | xcomp |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 talk | obl |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 time | case |
| 47 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 time | det |
| 48 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 talk | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past · perfect · passive | the usual compliments | between brother | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme between they=Destination | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | lady | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | present | We | here | comfortable property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | let in a quote | imperative | you not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | another room | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | pass | gerund | lady not said here | a smaller chamber | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | communicate | gerund | lady not said here | with no other; apparently property | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with other=Co-Agent | ||||
| 8 | continue | past | lady | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | talk | to-infinitive | lady not said here | door | time | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-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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