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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 80

At the close of her narrative the princess said, "Sire, as our religion allows a man to have more than one wife, I would beg your Majesty to give your daughter, the Princess Haiatelnefous, in marriage to Prince Camaralzaman.

Who acts: princess, religion, Majesty · What happens: say, allow, have, beg, give · To what, where: close, man, one wife, Majesty, daughter, marriage · 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, religion, Majesty), 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

casedetoblcasenmod:possnmoddetnsubjpunctpunctnsubjpunctmarknmod:possnsubjconjdetobjmarkadvcladvmodfixednummodobjpunctnsubjauxconjnmod:possobjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctdetcompoundappospunctcaseoblcasenmodflatpunctrootAtADPtheDETcloseNOUNofADPherPRONnarrativeNOUNtheDETprincessNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSireNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJourPRONreligionNOUNallowsVERBaDETmanNOUNtoPARThaveVERBmoreADJthanADPoneNUMwifeNOUN,PUNCTIPRONwouldAUXbegVERByourPRONMajestyNOUNtoPARTgiveVERByourPRONdaughterNOUN,PUNCTtheDETPrincessPROPNHaiatelnefousPROPN,PUNCTinADPmarriageNOUNtoADPPrincePROPNCamaralzamanPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 closecase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 closedet
3closecloseNOUNNumber=Sing9 saidobl
4ofofADP_6 narrativecase
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 narrativenmod:poss
6narrativenarrativeNOUNNumber=Sing3 closenmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 princessdet
8princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing9 saidnsubj
9saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10,,PUNCT_12 Sirepunct
11""PUNCT_12 Sirepunct
12SiresireNOUNNumber=Sing9 saidnsubj
13,,PUNCT_17 allowspunct
14asasSCONJ_17 allowsmark
15ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 religionnmod:poss
16religionreligionNOUNNumber=Sing17 allowsnsubj
17allowsallowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 saidconj
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art19 mandet
19manmanNOUNNumber=Sing17 allowsobj
20totoPART_21 havemark
21havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf17 allowsadvcl
22moremoreADJDegree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV24 oneadvmod
23thanthanADP_22 morefixed
24oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card25 wifenummod
25wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing21 haveobj
26,,PUNCT_29 begpunct
27IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs29 begnsubj
28wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin29 begaux
29begbegVERBVerbForm=Inf9 saidconj
30youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 Majestynmod:poss
31MajestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing29 begobj
32totoPART_33 givemark
33givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf29 begxcomp
34youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 daughternmod:poss
35daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing33 giveobj
36,,PUNCT_39 Haiatelnefouspunct
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 Haiatelnefousdet
38PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing39 Haiatelnefouscompound
39HaiatelnefousHaiatelnefousPROPNNumber=Sing35 daughterappos
40,,PUNCT_42 marriagepunct
41ininADP_42 marriagecase
42marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing33 giveobl
43totoADP_44 Princecase
44PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing42 marriagenmod
45CamaralzamanCamaralzamanPROPNNumber=Sing44 Princeflat
46..PUNCT_9 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastthe princessthe close of princess's narrativevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2allow in a quotepresentour religiona manvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary
3have in a quoteto-infinitiveour religion not said hereone wifevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient
4beg speech: request in a quotewouldthe princess = princessyour Majestyvn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent majesty=Recipient clause=Topic
5give not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitiveyour Majesty not said hereyour daughtermarriage to Princevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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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