The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 84
The vizir was at once attracted by the young man's superior air and intelligent conversation, and perceiving that he had gained much experience in the course of his travels, he said, "Ah, how I wish you had learnt some secret which might enable you to cure a malady which has plunged this court into affliction for some time past!"
Who acts: superior air, vizir, you, secret · What happens: attract, perceive, gain, travel, say, learn · To what, where: vizir, gained much experience, course, secret, you, malady · 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 (superior air, vizir, you, secret), 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 vizir | det |
| 2 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attracted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 attracted | aux:pass |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 attracted | obl |
| 6 | attracted | attract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 air | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 9 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 man | amod |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 air | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 man | case |
| 12 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 air | amod |
| 13 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attracted | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 conversation | cc |
| 15 | intelligent | intelligent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 conversation | amod |
| 16 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 air | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 perceiving | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 perceiving | cc |
| 19 | perceiving | perceive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 attracted | advcl |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 gained | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 gained | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 gained | aux |
| 23 | gained | gain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 experience | amod |
| 24 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 experience | amod |
| 25 | experience | experience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 perceiving | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 course | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 course | det |
| 28 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 perceiving | obl |
| 29 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 31 travels | mark |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 travels | nmod:poss |
| 31 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 course | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 said | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 said | nsubj |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 attracted | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 learnt | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 learnt | punct |
| 37 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 41 wish | discourse |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 wish | punct |
| 39 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 41 wish | advmod |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 wish | nsubj |
| 41 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 learnt | aux |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 learnt | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 learnt | aux |
| 44 | learnt | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 said | ccomp |
| 45 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 secret | det |
| 46 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 learnt | obj |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 enable | nsubj |
| 48 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 enable | aux |
| 49 | enable | enable | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 secret | acl:relcl |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 enable | obj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 cure | mark |
| 52 | cure | cure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 enable | xcomp |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 malady | det |
| 54 | malady | malady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 cure | obj |
| 55 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 plunged | nsubj:pass |
| 56 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 plunged | aux |
| 57 | plunged | plunge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 malady | acl:relcl |
| 58 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 court | det |
| 59 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 plunged | obj |
| 60 | into | into | ADP | _ | 61 affliction | case |
| 61 | affliction | affliction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 cure | obl |
| 62 | for | for | ADP | _ | 65 past | case |
| 63 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 65 past | det |
| 64 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 past | compound |
| 65 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 cure | obl |
| 66 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 44 learnt | punct |
| 67 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 attracted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attract | past · passive | the young man's superior air and intelligent conversation | the vizir | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | perceive | gerund | the young man's superior air and intelligent conversation not said here | gained much experience | the course | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer experience=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | gain | past · perfect | vizir | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | travel | present | the young man's superior air and intelligent conversation not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | say speech: express | past | vizir | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | learn in a quote | present · perfect | you | some secret | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic | ||||
| 7 | enable in a quote | might | some secret | you | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | cure in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | a malady | affliction | for some time past | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer malady=Source | ||
| 9 | plunge in a quote | present · perfect · passive | a malady | tree rules |
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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