The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 11
"In order to satisfy him and as he is so poor," said the princess, "I will order a thousand pieces of gold to be given you, which you will be sure to remit to him."
Who acts: captain, princess, Sire, you · What happens: satisfy, be, say, order, give, remit · To what, where: captain, thousand pieces, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (captain, princess, Sire, you), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 satisfy | punct |
| 2 | In | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 5 satisfy | mark |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 In | fixed |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 satisfy | mark |
| 5 | satisfy | satisfy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 satisfy | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 poor | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 poor | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 poor | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 poor | advmod |
| 12 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 said | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 poor | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 poor | punct |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 satisfy | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 princess | det |
| 17 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 order | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 order | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 order | nsubj |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 order | aux |
| 22 | order | order | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 satisfy | conj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 thousand | det |
| 24 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 pieces | nummod |
| 25 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 order | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 gold | case |
| 27 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 pieces | nmod |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 given | mark |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 given | aux:pass |
| 30 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 order | advcl |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 given | iobj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 sure | punct |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 sure | ccomp |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 sure | nsubj |
| 35 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 sure | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 sure | cop |
| 37 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 given | advcl |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 remit | mark |
| 39 | remit | remit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 sure | xcomp |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 remit | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 satisfy | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 satisfy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | satisfy in a quote | to-infinitive | captain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | captain | poor property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | order in a quote | future | Sire | thousand pieces of gold | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | Sire not said here | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: you=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | future | you | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | remit in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | captain | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
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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