The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 22, sentence 18
At the end of that time his generous benefactor died without heirs, so all his possessions went to the prince.
Who acts: generous benefactor, possessions, Barmecide · What happens: die, go, possess · To what, where: end
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (generous benefactor, possessions, Barmecide), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 end | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 died | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 end | nmod |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 benefactor | nmod:poss |
| 8 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 benefactor | amod |
| 9 | benefactor | benefactor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 died | nsubj |
| 10 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | without | without | ADP | _ | 12 heirs | case |
| 12 | heirs | heir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 died | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 went | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 went | advmod |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 possessions | det:predet |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 possessions | nmod:poss |
| 17 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 went | nsubj |
| 18 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 died | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 prince | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 prince | det |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 went | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | Barmecide's generous benefactor | at the end of that time | without heirs | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | go | past | Barmecide's possessions | to the prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prince=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | possess | Barmecide | nom possession «act 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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