The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 22, sentence 58
And he did not stop there; for in order to wipe out the memory of what they had undergone, he commanded that the tailor, the doctor, the purveyor and the merchant, should each be clothed in his presence with a robe from his own wardrobe before they returned home.
Who acts: history, archives · What happens: not stop, wipe out, undergo, command, clothe, return · To what, where: memory, tailor, presence · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (history, archives), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stop | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 stop | advmod |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 stop | advmod |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 wipe | punct |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 wipe | mark |
| 9 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 wipe | mark |
| 10 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 in | fixed |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 wipe | mark |
| 12 | wipe | wipe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stop | conj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 wipe | compound:prt |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 memory | det |
| 15 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wipe | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 what | case |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 memory | nmod |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 undergone | nsubj |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 undergone | aux |
| 20 | undergone | undergo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 what | acl:relcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 commanded | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 commanded | nsubj |
| 23 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wipe | conj |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 clothed | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 tailor | det |
| 26 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 clothed | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 doctor | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 doctor | det |
| 29 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tailor | appos |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 purveyor | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 purveyor | det |
| 32 | purveyor | purveyor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tailor | conj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 merchant | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 merchant | det |
| 35 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 purveyor | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 tailor | punct |
| 37 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 clothed | aux |
| 38 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 clothed | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 clothed | aux:pass |
| 40 | clothed | clothe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 commanded | ccomp |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 presence | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 presence | nmod:poss |
| 43 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 clothed | obl |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 robe | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 robe | det |
| 46 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 presence | nmod |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 50 wardrobe | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 wardrobe | nmod:poss |
| 49 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 wardrobe | amod |
| 50 | wardrobe | wardrobe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 clothed | obl |
| 51 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 53 returned | mark |
| 52 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 returned | nsubj |
| 53 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 clothed | advcl |
| 54 | home | home | ADV | _ | 53 returned | advmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stop | past · do-support | history | there | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | wipe out | to-infinitive | history not said here | the memory | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source | ||||
| 3 | undergo | past · perfect | archives = archive | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | command | past | history | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | clothe | should · passive | the tailor and the purveyor and the merchant | history's presence with a robe | from history's own wardrobe | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 6 | return | past | archives = archive | home 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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