The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 7

She called her women and asked if they knew where he was, and whilst they were telling her that they had seen him enter the tent, but had not noticed his leaving it, she took up her belt and perceived that the little pouch was open and the talisman gone.

Who acts: wife, women, Prince, little pouch · What happens: call, ask, know, be, tell, see · To what, where: women, wife, Prince, tent, belt · 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 (wife, women, Prince, little pouch), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 women	nmod:poss
4	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 knew	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	ccomp
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 was	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 was	nsubj
12	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 knew	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 telling	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 telling	cc
15	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	18 telling	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 telling	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 telling	aux
18	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 called	advcl
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 telling	obj
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 seen	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 seen	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 seen	aux
23	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 telling	ccomp
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 seen	obj
25	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 seen	xcomp
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 tent	det
27	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 enter	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 noticed	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 noticed	cc
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 noticed	aux
31	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	32 noticed	advmod
32	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 called	parataxis
33	his	his	PRON	Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 leaving	nsubj
34	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 noticed	obl
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 leaving	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 took	punct
37	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 took	nsubj
38	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 noticed	parataxis
39	up	up	ADP	_	38 took	compound:prt
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 belt	nmod:poss
41	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 took	obj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 perceived	cc
43	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 took	conj
44	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 open	mark
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 pouch	det
46	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 pouch	amod
47	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 open	nsubj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 open	cop
49	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 perceived	ccomp
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 gone	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 gone	det
52	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 gone	compound
53	gone	gone	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 open	conj
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	wife		wife's women		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	past	wife not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know a condition, not said to happen	past	women = woman				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	be	past	Prince				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	past · progressive	women = woman		wife		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
6	see	past · perfect	women = woman	Prince			tree rules
7	enter	infinitive	Prince not said here	the tent			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tent=Destination
8	not notice	past · perfect					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	leave	gerund	Prince	tent			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
10	take up	past	wife	wife's belt			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Theme
11	perceive	past	wife not said here				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
12	is	past	the little pouch			open property	tree rules

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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