The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 28, sentence 19
As soon as he saw the beautiful Persian, though aware that she was destined for the king, he let himself be carried away by her charms, and determined at once to use every means in his power to retain her for himself.
Who acts: son, charms, every · What happens: see, destine, let, carry away, use, mean · To what, where: beautiful Persian, Noureddin, son · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, charms, every), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 saw | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 saw | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Persian | det |
| 7 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Persian | amod |
| 8 | Persian | persian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 saw | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 aware | punct |
| 10 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 11 aware | mark |
| 11 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 saw | conj |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 destined | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 destined | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 destined | aux:pass |
| 15 | destined | destine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 aware | ccomp |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 king | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 destined | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 let | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 let | nsubj |
| 21 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 22 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 21 let | obj |
| 23 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 carried | aux:pass |
| 24 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 let | xcomp |
| 25 | away | away | ADV | _ | 24 carried | advmod |
| 26 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 charms | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 charms | nmod:poss |
| 28 | charms | charm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 carried | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 determined | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 determined | cc |
| 31 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 saw | conj |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 once | case |
| 33 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 35 use | obl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 use | mark |
| 35 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 determined | ccomp |
| 36 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 means | nsubj |
| 37 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 use | parataxis |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 power | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 power | nmod:poss |
| 40 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 means | obl |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 retain | mark |
| 42 | retain | retain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 means | advcl |
| 43 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 retain | obj |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 himself | case |
| 45 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 42 retain | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | son | the beautiful Persian | soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer persian=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | destine | past · passive | Noureddin | for the king | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | let | past | son | son | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | carry away | infinitive · passive | Noureddin's charms | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | use | to-infinitive | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | mean | present | every | in son's power | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in power=Attribute | ||||
| 7 | retain | to-infinitive | every not said here | Noureddin | for son | tree rules |
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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