The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 13
Fearing some treason should the truth be known, she ordered her women not to say a word which would give rise to any suspicion, and proceeded to change her dress for one of her husband's, to whom, as has been already said, she bore a strong likeness.
Who acts: rest, word · What happens: fear, know, order, not say, give, rise · To what, where: treason, truth, women, word, suspicion, dress · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rest, word), 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 | Fearing | fear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 known | csubj:pass |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 treason | det |
| 3 | treason | treason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fearing | obj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 known | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 known | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 known | aux:pass |
| 8 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ordered | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ordered | nsubj |
| 11 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 known | parataxis |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 women | nmod:poss |
| 13 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 ordered | obj |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 say | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 say | mark |
| 16 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 ordered | xcomp |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 word | det |
| 18 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 say | obj |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 give | nsubj |
| 20 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 give | aux |
| 21 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 word | acl:relcl |
| 22 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 give | xcomp |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 suspicion | case |
| 24 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 suspicion | det |
| 25 | suspicion | suspicion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 rise | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 proceeded | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 proceeded | cc |
| 28 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 ordered | parataxis |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 change | mark |
| 30 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 proceeded | xcomp |
| 31 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 dress | nmod:poss |
| 32 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 change | obj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 one | case |
| 34 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 change | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 husband | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 husband | nmod:poss |
| 37 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 one | nmod |
| 38 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 37 husband | case |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 whom | punct |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 whom | case |
| 41 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 proceeded | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 said | punct |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 45 been | mark |
| 44 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 been | aux |
| 45 | been | be | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 said | advcl |
| 46 | already | already | ADV | _ | 47 said | advmod |
| 47 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 proceeded | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 bore | punct |
| 49 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 bore | nsubj |
| 50 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 said | ccomp |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 likeness | det |
| 52 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 likeness | amod |
| 53 | likeness | likeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 bore | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | gerund | some treason | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treason=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | know | should · passive | the truth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | order | past | rest | rest's women | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | rest not said here | a word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 5 | give | would | a word | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | rise | infinitive | a word not said here | any suspicion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to suspicion=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | proceed | past | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 8 | change | to-infinitive | rest's dress | for one of rest's husband | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme for one=Co-Theme | ||||
| 9 | be | present · perfect | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 10 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 11 | bear | past | rest | a strong likeness | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent likeness=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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