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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 29, sentence 18

As soon as Saouy saw the Persian he was so struck by her beauty, that he immediately wished to possess her, and not knowing that she belonged to Noureddin, he desired Hagi Hassan to send for the owner and to conclude the bargain at once.

Who acts: Saouy, beauty, request · What happens: see, strike, wish, possess, not know, belong · To what, where: Persian, request, Saouy, Noureddin, Hagi, bargain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Saouy, beauty, request), 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

advmodadvmodmarknsubjdetobjnsubjaux:passadvmodconjcasenmod:possoblpunctmarknsubjadvmodconjmarkxcompobjpunctccadvmodadvclmarknsubjccompcaseoblpunctnsubjconjobjflatmarkxcompcasedetoblccmarkconjdetobjcaseoblpunctrootAsADVsoonADVasSCONJSaouyPROPNsawVERBtheDETPersianPROPNhePRONwasAUXsoADVstruckVERBbyADPherPRONbeautyNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJhePRONimmediatelyADVwishedVERBtoPARTpossessVERBherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARTknowingVERBthatSCONJshePRONbelongedVERBtoADPNoureddinPROPN,PUNCThePRONdesiredVERBHagiPROPNHassanPROPNtoPARTsendVERBforADPtheDETownerNOUNandCCONJtoPARTconcludeVERBtheDETbargainNOUNatADPonceADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADV_2 soonadvmod
2soonsoonADVDegree=Pos5 sawadvmod
3asasSCONJ_5 sawmark
4SaouySaouyPROPNNumber=Sing5 sawnsubj
5sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Persiandet
7PersianPersianPROPNNumber=Sing5 sawobj
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 strucknsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 struckaux:pass
10sosoADV_11 struckadvmod
11struckstrikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 sawconj
12bybyADP_14 beautycase
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 beautynmod:poss
14beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing11 struckobl
15,,PUNCT_19 wishedpunct
16thatthatSCONJ_19 wishedmark
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 wishednsubj
18immediatelyimmediatelyADV_19 wishedadvmod
19wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sawconj
20totoPART_21 possessmark
21possesspossessVERBVerbForm=Inf19 wishedxcomp
22hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 possessobj
23,,PUNCT_26 knowingpunct
24andandCCONJ_26 knowingcc
25notnotPARTPolarity=Neg26 knowingadvmod
26knowingknowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 wishedadvcl
27thatthatSCONJ_29 belongedmark
28sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 belongednsubj
29belongedbelongVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 knowingccomp
30totoADP_31 Noureddincase
31NoureddinNoureddinPROPNNumber=Sing29 belongedobl
32,,PUNCT_34 desiredpunct
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 desirednsubj
34desireddesireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sawconj
35HagiHagiPROPNNumber=Sing34 desiredobj
36HassanHassanPROPNNumber=Sing35 Hagiflat
37totoPART_38 sendmark
38sendsendVERBVerbForm=Inf34 desiredxcomp
39forforADP_41 ownercase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 ownerdet
41ownerownerNOUNNumber=Sing38 sendobl
42andandCCONJ_44 concludecc
43totoPART_44 concludemark
44concludeconcludeVERBVerbForm=Inf38 sendconj
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 bargaindet
46bargainbargainNOUNNumber=Sing44 concludeobj
47atatADP_48 oncecase
48onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult44 concludeobl
49..PUNCT_5 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastSaouythe Persiansoon propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer persian=Stimulus
2strikepast · passiveSaouy's beautyrequestvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
3wishpastrequestimmediately propertyvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4possess not said to happento-infinitiverequest not said hereSaouyvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
5not knowgerundrequest not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6belongpastSaouyNoureddinvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
7desirepastrequestHagitree rules
8send not said to happento-infinitiverequest not said herefor the ownervn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9concludeto-infinitiverequest not said herethe bargainvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=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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