The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 28, sentence 9
"Sir, as she is destined for the king, I would have you observe that she is extremely tired with the long journey, and before presenting her to his Majesty you would do well to keep her a fortnight in your own house, and to see that a little care is bestowed upon her.
Who acts: Sir, you, Khacan · What happens: destine, have, observe, be, present, do · To what, where: Khacan, Majesty, own house, little care · 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 (Sir, you, Khacan), 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 | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 2 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 have | vocative |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 destined | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 destined | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 destined | aux:pass |
| 7 | destined | destine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 have | advcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 destined | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 destined | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 have | nsubj |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 have | aux |
| 14 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 observe | nsubj |
| 16 | observe | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 have | ccomp |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 tired | mark |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 tired | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 tired | cop |
| 20 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 21 tired | advmod |
| 21 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 observe | ccomp |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 journey | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 journey | det |
| 24 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 journey | amod |
| 25 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 tired | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 do | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 do | cc |
| 28 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 29 presenting | mark |
| 29 | presenting | present | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 do | advcl |
| 30 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 presenting | obj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 Majesty | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 33 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 presenting | obl |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 do | nsubj |
| 35 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 do | aux |
| 36 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 have | conj |
| 37 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 do | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 keep | mark |
| 39 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 do | advcl |
| 40 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 keep | obj |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 fortnight | det |
| 42 | fortnight | fortnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 keep | obj |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 house | case |
| 44 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 house | nmod:poss |
| 45 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 house | amod |
| 46 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 keep | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 see | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 see | cc |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 see | mark |
| 50 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 have | conj |
| 51 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 56 bestowed | mark |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 care | det |
| 53 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 care | amod |
| 54 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 bestowed | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 bestowed | aux:pass |
| 56 | bestowed | bestow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 see | ccomp |
| 57 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 58 her | case |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 bestowed | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | destine in a quote | present · passive | Khacan | for the king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | would | Sir | Sir vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | observe in a quote | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | Khacan | with the long journey; extremely, tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | present in a quote | gerund | you not said here | Khacan | Sir's Majesty | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to majesty=Recipient | |||
| 6 | do in a quote | would | you | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | keep in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | Khacan | your own house | fortnight | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Location | ||
| 8 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | Sir not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | bestow in a quote | present · passive | a little care | upon Khacan | 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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/9/