The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 71
"Do not expect ever to see the king again," said the princess, as she wiped the tears of joy from her eyes, "in me you see the king.
Who acts: princess, you · What happens: not expect, see, say, wipe · To what, where: king, tears, eyes · 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, 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 | _ | 4 expect | punct |
| 2 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 expect | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 expect | advmod |
| 4 | expect | expect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 expect | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 expect | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 see | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 expect | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 expect | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 princess | det |
| 15 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 wiped | punct |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 wiped | mark |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 wiped | nsubj |
| 19 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 tears | det |
| 21 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 wiped | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 joy | case |
| 23 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 tears | nmod |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 eyes | case |
| 25 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 26 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 wiped | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 eyes | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 eyes | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 me | case |
| 30 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 wiped | obl |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 see | nsubj |
| 32 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 wiped | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 king | det |
| 34 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 see | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not expect in a quote | infinitive · do-support | ever | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | the king | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | wipe | past | princess | the tears of joy | princess's eyes | in me | tree rules | ||
| 5 | see in a quote | present | you | the king | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus |
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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