The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 23, sentence 43

He next sent letters to all the kings who had sued for the princess's hand, begging they would think of her no longer, as she was quite insane, and he desired his various envoys to make it known that anyone who could cure her should have her to wife.

Who acts: China, king, princess, hand, anyone · What happens: send, sue, beg, think, be, desire · To what, where: letters, kings, various envoys, hand, princess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (China, king, princess, hand), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	next	next	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 kings	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 kings	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kings	det
8	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sued	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sued	aux
11	sued	sue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 kings	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	16 hand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princess	det
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hand	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 princess	case
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sued	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 begging	punct
18	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 think	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 think	aux
21	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 begging	ccomp
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 think	obl
24	no	no	ADV	_	25 longer	advmod
25	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 think	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 insane	punct
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 insane	mark
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 insane	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 insane	cop
30	quite	quite	ADV	_	31 insane	advmod
31	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 think	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 desired	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 desired	cc
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 desired	nsubj
35	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 envoys	nmod:poss
37	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 envoys	amod
38	envoys	envoy	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 desired	obj
39	to	to	PART	_	40 make	mark
40	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 desired	advcl
41	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 make	obj
42	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 make	xcomp
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 have	mark
44	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	50 have	nsubj
45	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 cure	nsubj
46	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 cure	aux
47	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 anyone	acl:relcl
48	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 cure	obj
49	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 have	aux
50	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 known	ccomp
51	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 have	obj
52	to	to	PART	_	53 wife	mark
53	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 have	xcomp
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	send	past	China	letters	all kings	next property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination
2	sue	past · perfect · passive		all kings		for the princess's hand	tree rules
3	beg speech: request	gerund	China not said here				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	think speech: other	would	king			of princess; long property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	princess			insane property	tree rules
6	desire	past	China	China's various envoys			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot envoy=Theme
7	make	to-infinitive	China not said here	hand			tree rules
8	know	participle	hand not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	cure	could		princess			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source
10	have	should	anyone	princess			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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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