The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 91
These words caused the prince to open his eyes with languid curiosity, and Marzavan seized this moment to pay him his compliments, contriving at the same time to express the condition of the Princess of China in terms unintelligible, indeed, to the Sultan and his vizir, but which left the prince in no doubt that his visitor could give him some welcome information.
Who acts: words, prince, Marzavan, visitor, word · What happens: cause, open, seize, pay, contrive, express · To what, where: prince, eyes, condition, terms, doubt, welcome information
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 (words, prince, Marzavan, visitor), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 words | det |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caused | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 open | mark |
| 7 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 caused | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 open | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 curiosity | case |
| 11 | languid | languid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 curiosity | amod |
| 12 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 open | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seized | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 seized | cc |
| 15 | Marzavan | Marzavan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 seized | nsubj |
| 16 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caused | conj |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 moment | det |
| 18 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seized | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 pay | mark |
| 20 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 moment | acl |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 pay | obj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 compliments | nmod:poss |
| 23 | compliments | compliment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 pay | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 contriving | punct |
| 25 | contriving | contrive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 seized | advcl |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 time | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 time | det |
| 28 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 time | amod |
| 29 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 contriving | obl |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 express | mark |
| 31 | express | express | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 contriving | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 condition | det |
| 33 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 express | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Princess | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Princess | det |
| 36 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 condition | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 China | case |
| 38 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Princess | nmod |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 terms | case |
| 40 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 express | obl |
| 41 | unintelligible | unintelligible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 terms | amod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 indeed | punct |
| 43 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 41 unintelligible | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Sultan | punct |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 Sultan | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Sultan | det |
| 47 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 unintelligible | obl |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 vizir | cc |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 vizir | nmod:poss |
| 50 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Sultan | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 left | punct |
| 52 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 left | cc |
| 53 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 left | nsubj |
| 54 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caused | conj |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 prince | det |
| 56 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 left | obj |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 doubt | case |
| 58 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 59 doubt | det |
| 59 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 left | obl |
| 60 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 64 give | mark |
| 61 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 visitor | nmod:poss |
| 62 | visitor | visitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 give | nsubj |
| 63 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 give | aux |
| 64 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 doubt | acl |
| 65 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 give | iobj |
| 66 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 68 information | det |
| 67 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 information | amod |
| 68 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 give | obj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | this words | the prince | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | open | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | word's eyes | with languid curiosity | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with curiosity=Instrument | |||
| 3 | seize | past | Marzavan | moment | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | pay | to-infinitive | Marzavan not said here | prince | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient compliment=Asset | ||||
| 5 | contrive | gerund | Marzavan not said here | time | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | express | to-infinitive | Marzavan not said here | the condition of the Princess of China | terms | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme | |||
| 7 | leave | past | the prince | no doubt | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme in doubt=Location | ||||
| 8 | give | could | word's visitor | some welcome information | prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient information=Theme | |||
| 9 | compliment | word | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | condition | the Princess of China | nom condition «state 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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