The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 60
The prince was punctual, and was received in the private apartment, when, having ordered her attendants to withdraw, the princess took from a small box the talisman, and, handing it to Camaralzaman, said: "Not long ago an astrologer gave me this talisman.
Who acts: prince, having, attendants, princess, astrologer · What happens: be, receive, have, order, withdraw, take · To what, where: private apartment, attendants, small box, talisman, Camaralzaman, me · 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 (prince, having, attendants, princess), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 punctual | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 punctual | cop |
| 4 | punctual | punctual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 received | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 received | cc |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 received | aux:pass |
| 8 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 punctual | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 apartment | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 apartment | det |
| 11 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 apartment | amod |
| 12 | apartment | apartment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 received | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 having | punct |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 having | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 having | punct |
| 16 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 ordered | csubj |
| 17 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 punctual | parataxis |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 attendants | nmod:poss |
| 19 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 ordered | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 withdraw | mark |
| 21 | withdraw | withdraw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 ordered | xcomp |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 took | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 princess | det |
| 24 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | nsubj |
| 25 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 punctual | parataxis |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 box | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 box | det |
| 28 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 box | amod |
| 29 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | obl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 talisman | det |
| 31 | talisman | talisman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 box | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 said | cc |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 handing | punct |
| 35 | handing | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 said | ccomp |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 handing | obj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 Camaralzaman | case |
| 38 | Camaralzaman | Camaralzaman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 handing | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 handing | punct |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 took | parataxis |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 48 gave | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 gave | punct |
| 43 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 long | advmod |
| 44 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 45 ago | advmod |
| 45 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 48 gave | advmod |
| 46 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 astrologer | det |
| 47 | astrologer | astrologer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 gave | nsubj |
| 48 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 said | conj |
| 49 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 gave | iobj |
| 50 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 talisman | det |
| 51 | talisman | talisman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 gave | obj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 punctual | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the prince | punctual property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | receive | past · passive | the prince not said here | the private apartment | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: in apartment=Location | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | order | past | having | princess's attendants | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent attendant=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | withdraw not said to happen | to-infinitive | princess's attendants not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | take | past | the princess | a small box and the talisman | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from box=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | hand | gerund | talisman | Camaralzaman | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to camaralzaman=Destination | ||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 9 | give in a quote | past | a astrologer | this talisman | me | ago property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient talisman=Theme |
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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