The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 34
So saying the king took Camaralzaman by the hand and led him back to the palace, where the prince took to his bed and gave himself up to despair, and the king shutting himself up with his son entirely neglected the affairs of state.
Who acts: saying, prince, king · What happens: say, take, lead back, give up, despair, shut up · To what, where: king, Camaralzaman, palace, affairs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (saying, prince, king), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 took | advmod |
| 2 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 took | csubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saying | obj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Camaralzaman | Camaralzaman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 hand | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hand | det |
| 9 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 led | cc |
| 11 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 led | obj |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 led | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 palace | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 palace | det |
| 16 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 led | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 took | punct |
| 18 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 took | advmod |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 prince | det |
| 20 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 took | nsubj |
| 21 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 led | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 bed | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 bed | nmod:poss |
| 24 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 took | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 gave | cc |
| 26 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 took | conj |
| 27 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 26 gave | iobj |
| 28 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 gave | compound:prt |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 despair | mark |
| 30 | despair | despair | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 gave | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 neglected | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 neglected | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 king | det |
| 34 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 neglected | nsubj |
| 35 | shutting | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 34 king | acl |
| 36 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 shutting | obj |
| 37 | up | up | ADP | _ | 35 shutting | compound:prt |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 son | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 son | nmod:poss |
| 40 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 shutting | obl |
| 41 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 42 neglected | advmod |
| 42 | neglected | neglect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 affairs | det |
| 44 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 neglected | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 state | case |
| 46 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 affairs | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take | past | saying | Camaralzaman | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument camaralzaman=Destination | |||
| 3 | lead back | past | saying not said here | king | the palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | |||
| 4 | take | past | the prince | to prince's bed result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | ||||
| 5 | give up | past | the prince not said here | king | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Source | ||||
| 6 | despair | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | shut up | gerund | the king not said here | king | with prince's son | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with son=Instrument | |||
| 8 | neglect | past | the king | the affairs of state | entirely property | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=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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