The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 27
But, sire, I can only accept such an alliance if you give me your promise to assist me with your counsels."
Who acts: sire, you, your · What happens: accept, give, assist, promise · To what, where: alliance, promise, me
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 (sire, you, your), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 accept | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sire | punct |
| 3 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 accept | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sire | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 accept | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 accept | aux |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 accept | advmod |
| 8 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 alliance | det:predet |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 alliance | det |
| 11 | alliance | alliance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 accept | obj |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 give | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 give | nsubj |
| 14 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 accept | advcl |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 give | iobj |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 promise | nmod:poss |
| 17 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 give | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 assist | mark |
| 19 | assist | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 promise | acl |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 assist | obj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 counsels | case |
| 22 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 counsels | nmod:poss |
| 23 | counsels | counsel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 assist | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 accept | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 accept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | can | sire | such alliance | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alliance=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give a condition, not said to happen | present | you | your promise | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient promise=Theme | |||
| 3 | assist | to-infinitive | you not said here | your promise not said here | me | with your counsels | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary with counsel=Theme | ||
| 4 | promise | your | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=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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