The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 23, sentence 56
"Well, I don't wish to seem obstinate," replied Danhasch, "the best plan to test the truth of what I say will be for you to let me take you to see the princess for yourself."
Who acts: Danhasch, you · What happens: not wish, seem, reply, test, say, be · To what, where: truth, you, 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 (Danhasch, you), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wish | punct |
| 2 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 7 wish | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 wish | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wish | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 wish | advmod |
| 7 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 replied | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 seem | mark |
| 9 | seem | seem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wish | xcomp |
| 10 | obstinate | obstinate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 seem | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wish | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wish | punct |
| 13 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | Danhasch | Danhasch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 replied | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 plan | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 plan | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 plan | det |
| 18 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 plan | amod |
| 19 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 replied | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 test | mark |
| 21 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 plan | acl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 truth | det |
| 23 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 test | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 what | case |
| 25 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 truth | nmod |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 say | nsubj |
| 27 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 what | acl:relcl |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 let | aux |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 let | cop |
| 30 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 33 let | mark |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 let | nsubj |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 let | mark |
| 33 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 plan | parataxis |
| 34 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 let | obj |
| 35 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 let | xcomp |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 take | obj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 see | mark |
| 38 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 take | advcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 princess | det |
| 40 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 see | obj |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 yourself | case |
| 42 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 38 see | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 33 let | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wish in a quote | present · do-support | Danhasch | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | seem not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Danhasch not said here | obstinate property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reply speech: assert | past | Danhasch | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | test in a quote | to-infinitive | Danhasch not said here | the truth | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Danhasch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is in a quote | future | you | let property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | take in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | ||||
| 8 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | the princess | for yourself | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus |
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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