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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 16

"I am an astrologer and I come to restore health to the Princess Badoura, daughter of the high and mighty King of China, on the conditions laid down by His Majesty of marrying her should I succeed, or of losing my life if I fail."

Who acts: Marzavan, Majesty, conditions · What happens: be, come, restore, lay down, marry, succeed · To what, where: astrologer, health, Princess Badoura, conditions, Majesty, life

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Marzavan, Majesty, conditions), 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

punctnsubjcopdetccnsubjconjmarkxcompobjcasedetcompoundoblpunctconjcasedetamodccconjnmodcasenmodpunctcasedetnsubjaclcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblmarkaclobjauxnsubjconjpunctccmarkadvclnmod:possobjmarknsubjadvclpunctpunctroot"PUNCTIPRONamAUXanDETastrologerNOUNandCCONJIPRONcomeVERBtoPARTrestoreVERBhealthNOUNtoADPtheDETPrincessPROPNBadouraPROPN,PUNCTdaughterNOUNofADPtheDEThighADJandCCONJmightyADJKingPROPNofADPChinaPROPN,PUNCTonADPtheDETconditionsNOUNlaidVERBdownADPbyADPHisPRONMajestyPROPNofSCONJmarryingVERBherPRONshouldAUXIPRONsucceedVERB,PUNCTorCCONJofSCONJlosingVERBmyPRONlifeNOUNifSCONJIPRONfailVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_5 astrologerpunct
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 astrologernsubj
3ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 astrologercop
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 astrologerdet
5astrologerastrologerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6andandCCONJ_8 comecc
7IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 comensubj
8comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 astrologerconj
9totoPART_10 restoremark
10restorerestoreVERBVerbForm=Inf8 comexcomp
11healthhealthNOUNNumber=Sing10 restoreobj
12totoADP_15 Badouracase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 Badouradet
14PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing15 Badouracompound
15BadouraBadouraPROPNNumber=Sing10 restoreobl
16,,PUNCT_17 daughterpunct
17daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing15 Badouraconj
18ofofADP_23 Kingcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Kingdet
20highhighADJDegree=Pos23 Kingamod
21andandCCONJ_22 mightycc
22mightymightyADJDegree=Pos20 highconj
23KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing17 daughternmod
24ofofADP_25 Chinacase
25ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing23 Kingnmod
26,,PUNCT_29 conditionspunct
27ononADP_29 conditionscase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 conditionsdet
29conditionsconditionNOUNNumber=Plur40 succeednsubj
30laidlayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 conditionsacl
31downdownADP_30 laidcompound:prt
32bybyADP_34 Majestycase
33HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 Majestynmod:poss
34MajestyMajestyPROPNNumber=Sing30 laidobl
35ofofSCONJ_36 marryingmark
36marryingmarryVERBVerbForm=Ger34 Majestyacl
37hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 marryingobj
38shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 succeedaux
39IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs40 succeednsubj
40succeedsucceedVERBVerbForm=Inf10 restoreconj
41,,PUNCT_44 losingpunct
42ororCCONJ_44 losingcc
43ofofSCONJ_44 losingmark
44losingloseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 comeadvcl
45mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 lifenmod:poss
46lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing44 losingobj
47ififSCONJ_49 failmark
48IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs49 failnsubj
49failfailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin44 losingadvcl
50..PUNCT_5 astrologerpunct
51""PUNCT_5 astrologerpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentMarzavana astrologertree rules
2come in a quotepresentMarzavantree rules
3restore in a quoteto-infinitiveMarzavan not said herehealththe Princess Badoura and daughter of the high King of Chinavn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent health=Theme to badoura=Recipient
4lay down in a quoteparticiplethe conditions not said hereby astrologer's Majestyvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by majesty=Destination
5marry in a quotegerundastrologer's Majesty not said hereMajestyvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
6succeed in a quoteshouldthe conditionsvn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7lose in a quotegerundMarzavan not said heremy lifevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality
8fail a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentMarzavanvn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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