The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 22, sentence 85
However he would not have recourse to extreme measures, so he said: "I do not wish to force you; I will give you time to reflect, but remember that such a step is necessary, for a prince such as you who will some day be called to rule over a great kingdom."
Who acts: answer, step · What happens: not have, say, not wish, force, give, reflect · To what, where: recourse, you, prince, great kingdom · 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 (answer, step), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 5 have | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | recourse | recourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 measures | case |
| 8 | extreme | extreme | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 measures | amod |
| 9 | measures | measure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 recourse | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 said | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | conj |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 wish | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 wish | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 wish | nsubj |
| 17 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 wish | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 wish | advmod |
| 19 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 force | mark |
| 21 | force | force | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 wish | xcomp |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 force | obj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 give | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 give | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 give | aux |
| 26 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 wish | conj |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 give | iobj |
| 28 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 give | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 reflect | mark |
| 30 | reflect | reflect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 time | acl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 remember | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 remember | cc |
| 33 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | parataxis |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 necessary | mark |
| 35 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 step | det:predet |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 step | det |
| 37 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 necessary | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 necessary | cop |
| 39 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 remember | ccomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 prince | punct |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 prince | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 prince | det |
| 43 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 necessary | appos |
| 44 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 46 you | case |
| 45 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 such | fixed |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 prince | nmod |
| 47 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 called | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 called | aux |
| 49 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 50 day | det |
| 50 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 called | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 52 called | aux:pass |
| 52 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 prince | acl:relcl |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 rule | mark |
| 54 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 called | xcomp |
| 55 | over | over | ADP | _ | 58 kingdom | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 kingdom | det |
| 57 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 kingdom | amod |
| 58 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 rule | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | would | answer | recourse | to extreme measures; however property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | answer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not wish in a quote | present · do-support | answer | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | force not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | answer not said here | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | give in a quote | future | answer | you | time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 6 | reflect in a quote | to-infinitive | answer not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | remember in a quote | infinitive | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | such step | necessary property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | call in a quote | future · passive | a prince such you | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | rule in a quote | to-infinitive | a great kingdom | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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