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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 28, sentence 4

Khacan, who was better able to judge of her merits than the dealer, wishing to bring the matter to a conclusion, sent for the merchant, and said to him, "It is not for myself that I wish to buy your slave, but for the king.

Who acts: Khacan, matter · What happens: be, judge, wish, bring, send, say · To what, where: matter, conclusion, merchant, slave · 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 (Khacan, matter), 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

nsubjpunctnsubjcopadvmodmarkxcompcasenmod:possoblcasedetoblpunctconjmarkxcompdetobjcasedetoblpunctconjcasedetoblpunctccconjcaseoblpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmodcasensubjmarknsubjccompmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctcccasedetparataxispunctrootKhacanPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXbetterADVableADJtoPARTjudgeVERBofADPherPRONmeritsNOUNthanADPtheDETdealerNOUN,PUNCTwishingVERBtoPARTbringVERBtheDETmatterNOUNtoADPaDETconclusionNOUN,PUNCTsentVERBforADPtheDETmerchantNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERBtoADPhimPRON,PUNCT"PUNCTItPRONisAUXnotPARTforADPmyselfPRONthatSCONJIPRONwishVERBtoPARTbuyVERByourPRONslaveNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJforADPtheDETkingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KhacanKhacanPROPNNumber=Sing6 ablensubj
2,,PUNCT_6 ablepunct
3whowhoPRONPronType=Rel6 ablensubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 ablecop
5betterwellADVDegree=Cmp6 ableadvmod
6ableableADJDegree=Posrootroot
7totoPART_8 judgemark
8judgejudgeVERBVerbForm=Inf6 ablexcomp
9ofofADP_11 meritscase
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 meritsnmod:poss
11meritsmeritNOUNNumber=Plur8 judgeobl
12thanthanADP_14 dealercase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 dealerdet
14dealerdealerNOUNNumber=Sing8 judgeobl
15,,PUNCT_16 wishingpunct
16wishingwishVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 ableconj
17totoPART_18 bringmark
18bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf16 wishingxcomp
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 matterdet
20mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing18 bringobj
21totoADP_23 conclusioncase
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 conclusiondet
23conclusionconclusionNOUNNumber=Sing18 bringobl
24,,PUNCT_25 sentpunct
25sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 ableconj
26forforADP_28 merchantcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 merchantdet
28merchantmerchantNOUNNumber=Sing25 sentobl
29,,PUNCT_31 saidpunct
30andandCCONJ_31 saidcc
31saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 ableconj
32totoADP_33 himcase
33himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 saidobl
34,,PUNCT_43 wishpunct
35""PUNCT_43 wishpunct
36ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 myselfnsubj
37isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 myselfcop
38notnotPARTPolarity=Neg40 myselfadvmod
39forforADP_40 myselfcase
40myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes43 wishnsubj
41thatthatSCONJ_43 wishmark
42IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs43 wishnsubj
43wishwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 saidccomp
44totoPART_45 buymark
45buybuyVERBVerbForm=Inf43 wishxcomp
46youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 slavenmod:poss
47slaveslaveNOUNNumber=Sing45 buyobj
48,,PUNCT_52 kingpunct
49butbutCCONJ_52 kingcc
50forforADP_52 kingcase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 kingdet
52kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing6 ableparataxis
53..PUNCT_6 ablepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastKhacanable, well propertytree rules
2judgeto-infinitiveKhacan not said hereof Khacan's merits; than the dealervn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent of merit=Theme
3wishgerundKhacan not said herevn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4bring not said to happento-infinitiveKhacan not said herethe mattera conclusionvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to conclusion=Destination
5sendparticipleKhacan not said herefor the merchantvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6say speech: assertpastKhacan not said heremerchantvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
7not is in a quotepresentmatterfor Khacantree rules
8wish in a quotepresentKhacanvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9buy not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitiveKhacan not said hereyour slavevn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slave=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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