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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 28

The marriage being thus arranged, the ceremony was fixed for the following day, and the princess employed the intervening time in informing the officers of her suite of what had happened, assuring them that the Princess Badoura had given her full consent to the marriage.

Who acts: princess, Sire · What happens: arrange, fix, follow, employ, intervene, inform · To what, where: marriage, ceremony, officers, Princess Badoura

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 (princess, Sire), 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

detnsubj:passaux:passadvmodpunctdetnsubj:passaux:passadvclcasedetamodoblpunctccdetnsubjconjdetamodobjmarkadvcldetobjcasenmod:possnmodcasenmodauxacl:relclpunctconjobjmarkdetcompoundnsubj:passauxadvclnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETmarriageNOUNbeingAUXthusADVarrangedVERB,PUNCTtheDETceremonyNOUNwasAUXfixedVERBforADPtheDETfollowingVERBdayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETprincessNOUNemployedVERBtheDETinterveningVERBtimeNOUNinSCONJinformingVERBtheDETofficersNOUNofADPherPRONsuiteNOUNofADPwhatPRONhadAUXhappenedVERB,PUNCTassuringVERBthemPRONthatSCONJtheDETPrincessPROPNBadouraPROPNhadAUXgivenVERBherPRONfullADJconsentNOUNtoADPtheDETmarriageNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 marriagedet
2marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing5 arrangednsubj:pass
3beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 arrangedaux:pass
4thusthusADV_5 arrangedadvmod
5arrangedarrangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6,,PUNCT_10 fixedpunct
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 ceremonydet
8ceremonyceremonyNOUNNumber=Sing10 fixednsubj:pass
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 fixedaux:pass
10fixedfixVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 arrangedadvcl
11forforADP_14 daycase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 daydet
13followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger14 dayamod
14daydayNOUNNumber=Sing10 fixedobl
15,,PUNCT_19 employedpunct
16andandCCONJ_19 employedcc
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 princessdet
18princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing19 employednsubj
19employedemployVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 arrangedconj
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 timedet
21interveninginterveneVERBVerbForm=Ger22 timeamod
22timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing19 employedobj
23ininSCONJ_24 informingmark
24informinginformVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 employedadvcl
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 officersdet
26officersofficerNOUNNumber=Plur24 informingobj
27ofofADP_29 suitecase
28herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 suitenmod:poss
29suitesuiteNOUNNumber=Sing26 officersnmod
30ofofADP_31 whatcase
31whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel29 suitenmod
32hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 happenedaux
33happenedhappenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part31 whatacl:relcl
34,,PUNCT_35 assuringpunct
35assuringassureVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 informingconj
36themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs35 assuringobj
37thatthatSCONJ_42 givenmark
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Badouradet
39PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing40 Badouracompound
40BadouraBadouraPROPNNumber=Sing42 givennsubj:pass
41hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 givenaux
42givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass35 assuringadvcl
43herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 consentnmod:poss
44fullfullADJDegree=Pos45 consentamod
45consentconsentNOUNNumber=Sing42 givenobj
46totoADP_48 marriagecase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 marriagedet
48marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing42 givenobl
49..PUNCT_5 arrangedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrangegerund · passivethe marriagethus propertyvn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
2fixpast · passivethe ceremonydayvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
3followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4employpastthe princesstimevn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5intervenegerundtree rules
6inform speech: othergerundthe princess not said herethe officers of Sire's suite of the officers of Sire's suite of the officersvn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent officer=Recipient
7happenpast · perfectvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8assuregerundthe princess not said hereofficers = officervn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
9givepast · perfect · passivethe Princess Badourato the marriagevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient consent=Theme
10consentSirenom consent «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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