The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 59
At length the princess felt that the time had come to put an end to her own and the prince's suspense, and having arranged all her plans with the Princess Haiatelnefous, she informed Camaralzaman that she wished his advice on some important business, and, to avoid being disturbed, desired him to come to the palace that evening.
Who acts: princess, time · What happens: feel, come, put, arrange, inform, wish · To what, where: length, end, plans, Camaralzaman, advice, important business · 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 (princess, time), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 length | case |
| 2 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 felt | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 felt | nsubj |
| 5 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 come | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 come | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 come | aux |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 felt | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 put | mark |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 come | xcomp |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 own | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 own | nmod:poss |
| 17 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 put | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 suspense | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 prince | det |
| 20 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 suspense | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 prince | case |
| 22 | suspense | suspense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 come | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 arranged | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 arranged | cc |
| 25 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 arranged | aux |
| 26 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 felt | conj |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 plans | det:predet |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 plans | nmod:poss |
| 29 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 arranged | obj |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 Haiatelnefous | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Haiatelnefous | det |
| 32 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Haiatelnefous | compound |
| 33 | Haiatelnefous | Haiatelnefous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 plans | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 informed | punct |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 informed | nsubj |
| 36 | informed | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 felt | conj |
| 37 | Camaralzaman | Camaralzaman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 informed | iobj |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 wished | mark |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 wished | nsubj |
| 40 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 informed | ccomp |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 advice | nmod:poss |
| 42 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wished | obj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 business | case |
| 44 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 business | det |
| 45 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 business | amod |
| 46 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wished | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 avoid | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 avoid | cc |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 avoid | punct |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 avoid | mark |
| 51 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 felt | conj |
| 52 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 53 disturbed | aux:pass |
| 53 | disturbed | disturb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 avoid | xcomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 desired | punct |
| 55 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 felt | conj |
| 56 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 desired | obj |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 come | mark |
| 58 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 desired | xcomp |
| 59 | to | to | ADP | _ | 61 palace | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 palace | det |
| 61 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 come | obj |
| 62 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 63 evening | det |
| 63 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 palace | obl:unmarked |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 felt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | the princess | length | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past · perfect | the time | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | put | to-infinitive | the time not said here | a end | to princess's own | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | |||
| 4 | arrange | gerund · perfect | the princess not said here | princess's plans | with the Princess Haiatelnefous | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent plan=Patient with haiatelnefous=Instrument | |||
| 5 | inform speech: other | past | princess | Camaralzaman | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent camaralzaman=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | wish | past | princess | Camaralzaman's advice | some important business | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advice=Theme | |||
| 7 | avoid | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | disturb | gerund · passive | the princess not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | |||||
| 9 | desire | past | the princess not said here | Camaralzaman | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | the palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location palace=Theme | ||||
| 11 | plan | princess | with the Princess Haiatelnefous | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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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