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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 21, sentence 7

Observing her shabby clothes, my brother thought that her gratitude was in reality a hint that he should give her some money to buy some new ones, so he held out two pieces of gold.

Who acts: brother, gratitude, stranger · What happens: observe, think, be, give, buy, hold out · To what, where: shabby clothes, reality, money, woman, new ones, two pieces

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 (brother, gratitude, stranger), 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

advclnmod:possamodobjpunctnmod:possnsubjmarknmod:possnsubjcopcaseccompdetapposmarknsubjauxacliobjdetobjmarkacldetamodobjpunctadvmodnsubjconjcompound:prtnummodobjcasenmodpunctrootObservingVERBherPRONshabbyADJclothesNOUN,PUNCTmyPRONbrotherNOUNthoughtVERBthatSCONJherPRONgratitudeNOUNwasAUXinADPrealityNOUNaDEThintNOUNthatSCONJhePRONshouldAUXgiveVERBherPRONsomeDETmoneyNOUNtoPARTbuyVERBsomeDETnewADJonesNOUN,PUNCTsoADVhePRONheldVERBoutADPtwoNUMpiecesNOUNofADPgoldNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ObservingobserveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 thoughtadvcl
2herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 clothesnmod:poss
3shabbyshabbyADJDegree=Pos4 clothesamod
4clothesclothesNOUNNumber=Ptan1 Observingobj
5,,PUNCT_1 Observingpunct
6mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 brothernmod:poss
7brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing8 thoughtnsubj
8thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thatthatSCONJ_14 realitymark
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 gratitudenmod:poss
11gratitudegratitudeNOUNNumber=Sing14 realitynsubj
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 realitycop
13ininADP_14 realitycase
14realityrealityNOUNNumber=Sing8 thoughtccomp
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 hintdet
16hinthintNOUNNumber=Sing14 realityappos
17thatthatSCONJ_20 givemark
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 givensubj
19shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin20 giveaux
20givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf16 hintacl
21hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 giveiobj
22somesomeDETPronType=Ind23 moneydet
23moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing20 giveobj
24totoPART_25 buymark
25buybuyVERBVerbForm=Inf23 moneyacl
26somesomeDETPronType=Ind28 onesdet
27newnewADJDegree=Pos28 onesamod
28onesoneNOUNNumber=Plur25 buyobj
29,,PUNCT_32 heldpunct
30sosoADV_32 heldadvmod
31hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 heldnsubj
32heldholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 thoughtconj
33outoutADP_32 heldcompound:prt
34twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card35 piecesnummod
35piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur32 heldobj
36ofofADP_37 goldcase
37goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing35 piecesnmod
38..PUNCT_8 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1observegerundmy brother not said herewoman's shabby clothesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent clothes=Topic
2think speech: otherpastmy brothervn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3ispastwoman's gratituderealitytree rules
4giveshouldstrangersome moneywomanvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient money=Theme
5buyto-infinitivestranger not said heresome new onesvn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
6hold outpaststrangertwo pieces of goldvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=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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