The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 30
King Armanos, delighted with the success of his plans, lost no time in assembling his court and council, to whom he presented his successor, and placing his future son-in-law on the throne made everyone do homage and take oaths of allegiance to the new king.
Who acts: King Armanos, time, Armanos, placing, everyone · What happens: lose, assemble, present, place, make, do · To what, where: court, successor, future son, law, everyone, homage
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 (King Armanos, time, Armanos, placing), 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 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Armanos | compound |
| 2 | Armanos | Armanos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 delighted | punct |
| 4 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Armanos | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 success | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 success | det |
| 7 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 delighted | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 plans | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 plans | nmod:poss |
| 10 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 success | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Armanos | punct |
| 12 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 time | det |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lost | obj |
| 15 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 16 assembling | mark |
| 16 | assembling | assemble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 time | acl |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 court | nmod:poss |
| 18 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 assembling | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 council | cc |
| 20 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 court | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 whom | punct |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 whom | case |
| 23 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 lost | obl |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 presented | nsubj |
| 25 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 whom | acl:relcl |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 successor | nmod:poss |
| 27 | successor | successor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 presented | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 made | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 made | cc |
| 30 | placing | place | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 made | csubj |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 son | nmod:poss |
| 32 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 son | amod |
| 33 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 placing | obj |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 law | punct |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 law | case |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 in | punct |
| 37 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 placing | obl |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 throne | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 throne | det |
| 40 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 law | nmod |
| 41 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lost | conj |
| 42 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 41 made | obj |
| 43 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 made | xcomp |
| 44 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 do | obj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 take | cc |
| 46 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 do | conj |
| 47 | oaths | oath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 take | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 allegiance | case |
| 49 | allegiance | allegiance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 oaths | nmod |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 king | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 king | det |
| 52 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 king | amod |
| 53 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 take | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 lost | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | King Armanos | time | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | assemble | gerund | no time not said here | Armanos's court and council | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent court=Theme | ||||
| 3 | present | past | Armanos | Armanos's successor | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent successor=Theme | ||||
| 4 | place | gerund | Armanos's future son | law on the throne | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme in law=Destination | ||||
| 5 | make | past | placing | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | do | infinitive | everyone not said here | homage | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | take | infinitive | everyone not said here | oaths of allegiance | the new king | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oath=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 8 | plan | Armanos | nom plan «cognition 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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