The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 77
I will set out at once to explore other countries, and when you hear of my return be sure that he for whom you sigh is not far off."
Who acts: I, you, my · What happens: set out, explore, hear, be, sigh, return · To what, where: other countries
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 (I, you, my), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 set | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 set | aux |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 set | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 set | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 explore | mark |
| 8 | explore | explore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 set | advcl |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 countries | amod |
| 10 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 explore | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sure | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 sure | cc |
| 13 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 hear | mark |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 hear | nsubj |
| 15 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 sure | advcl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 return | case |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 return | nmod:poss |
| 18 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hear | obl |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 sure | cop |
| 20 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 set | conj |
| 21 | that | that | ADP | _ | 22 he | case |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 sure | obl |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 whom | case |
| 24 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 off | obl |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 sigh | nsubj |
| 26 | sigh | sigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 whom | acl:relcl |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 off | cop |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 far | advmod |
| 29 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 off | advmod |
| 30 | off | off | ADV | _ | 20 sure | ccomp |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set out | future | I | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | explore | to-infinitive | I not said here | other countries | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent country=Location | ||||
| 3 | hear | present | you | of my return | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of return=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is | infinitive | I not said here | that patience; sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | sigh | present | you | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is | present | I not said here | far, off property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | return | my | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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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