The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 82
The ship on which he embarked had a prosperous voyage till she got within sight of the capital of King Schahzaman, but when just about to enter the harbour she suddenly struck on a rock, and foundered within sight of the palace where the prince was living with his father and the grand-vizir.
Who acts: story, ship, Marzavan, prince · What happens: embark, have, get, enter, strike, founder · To what, where: ship, prosperous voyage, harbour, capital, palace
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 (story, ship, Marzavan, prince), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 embarked | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 embarked | nsubj |
| 6 | embarked | embark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ship | acl:relcl |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 voyage | det |
| 9 | prosperous | prosperous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 voyage | amod |
| 10 | voyage | voyage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| 11 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 13 got | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 got | nsubj |
| 13 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | advcl |
| 14 | within | within | ADP | _ | 15 sight | case |
| 15 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 got | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 capital | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 capital | det |
| 18 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sight | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Schahzaman | case |
| 20 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Schahzaman | compound |
| 21 | Schahzaman | Schahzaman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 capital | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 enter | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 enter | cc |
| 24 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 enter | advmod |
| 25 | just | just | ADV | _ | 26 about | advmod |
| 26 | about | about | ADV | _ | 28 enter | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 enter | mark |
| 28 | enter | enter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | parataxis |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 harbour | det |
| 30 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 enter | obj |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 struck | nsubj |
| 32 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 33 struck | advmod |
| 33 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 harbour | acl:relcl |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 rock | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 rock | det |
| 36 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 struck | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 foundered | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 foundered | cc |
| 39 | foundered | founder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | conj |
| 40 | within | within | ADP | _ | 41 sight | case |
| 41 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 foundered | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 palace | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 palace | det |
| 44 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sight | nmod |
| 45 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 living | advmod |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 prince | det |
| 47 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 living | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 living | aux |
| 49 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 palace | acl |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 father | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 father | nmod:poss |
| 52 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 living | obl |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 vizir | cc |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 vizir | det |
| 55 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 vizir | amod |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 grand | punct |
| 57 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 father | conj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | embark | past | story | the ship | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | past | the ship | a prosperous voyage | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voyage=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | past | Marzavan | within sight of the capital of King Schahzaman | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | enter | to-infinitive | the harbour | about property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbour=Destination | ||||
| 5 | strike | past | Marzavan | the harbour not said here | on a rock; suddenly property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent harbour=Instrument on rock=Patient | |||
| 6 | founder | past | the ship not said here | within sight of the palace | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | live | past · progressive | the prince | with prince's father and the grand vizir | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with father=Location | ||||
| 8 | sight | the capital of King Schahzaman | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | sight | the palace | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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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