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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 29, sentence 28

Asking to see her, I found she was of incomparable beauty, and was being sold by Noureddin, the son of your late vizir, to whom your Majesty will remember giving a sum of 10,000 gold pieces for the purchase of a slave.

Who acts: I, Saouy, Noureddin, Majesty · What happens: ask, see, find, be, sell, remember · To what, where: Saouy, sum, 10,000 gold pieces, slave · 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 (I, Saouy, Noureddin, 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

advclmarkxcompobjpunctnsubjnsubjcopcaseamodccomppunctccaux:passaux:passconjcaseoblpunctdetapposcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctcaseoblnmod:possnsubjauxconjxcompdetobjcasenummodcompoundnmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootAskingVERBtoPARTseeVERBherPRON,PUNCTIPRONfoundVERBshePRONwasAUXofADPincomparableADJbeautyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXbeingAUXsoldVERBbyADPNoureddinPROPN,PUNCTtheDETsonNOUNofADPyourPRONlateADJvizirNOUN,PUNCTtoADPwhomPRONyourPRONMajestyNOUNwillAUXrememberVERBgivingVERBaDETsumNOUNofADP10,000NUMgoldNOUNpiecesNOUNforADPtheDETpurchaseNOUNofADPaDETslaveNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AskingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 foundadvcl
2totoPART_3 seemark
3seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Askingxcomp
4hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 seeobj
5,,PUNCT_1 Askingpunct
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 foundnsubj
7foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 beautynsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 beautycop
10ofofADP_12 beautycase
11incomparableincomparableADJDegree=Pos12 beautyamod
12beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing7 foundccomp
13,,PUNCT_17 soldpunct
14andandCCONJ_17 soldcc
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 soldaux:pass
16beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part17 soldaux:pass
17soldsellVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 foundconj
18bybyADP_19 Noureddincase
19NoureddinNoureddinPROPNNumber=Sing17 soldobl
20,,PUNCT_22 sonpunct
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 sondet
22sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing19 Noureddinappos
23ofofADP_26 vizircase
24youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 vizirnmod:poss
25latelateADJDegree=Pos26 viziramod
26vizirvizirNOUNNumber=Sing22 sonnmod
27,,PUNCT_33 rememberpunct
28totoADP_29 whomcase
29whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel33 rememberobl
30youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 Majestynmod:poss
31MajestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing33 remembernsubj
32willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin33 rememberaux
33rememberrememberVERBVerbForm=Inf17 soldconj
34givinggiveVERBVerbForm=Ger33 rememberxcomp
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 sumdet
36sumsumNOUNNumber=Sing34 givingobj
37ofofADP_40 piecescase
3810,00010000NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card40 piecesnummod
39goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing40 piecescompound
40piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur36 sumnmod
41forforADP_43 purchasecase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 purchasedet
43purchasepurchaseNOUNNumber=Sing34 givingobl
44ofofADP_46 slavecase
45aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 slavedet
46slaveslaveNOUNNumber=Sing43 purchasenmod
47..PUNCT_7 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askgerundI not said herevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2see not said to happento-infinitiveI not said hereSaouyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3findpastIvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4ispastSaouyof incomparable beautytree rules
5sellpast · passiveNoureddinvn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
6rememberfutureyour Majestyvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7givegerundyour Majesty not said herea sum of 10,000 gold piecesfor the purchase of a slavevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sum=Theme for purchase=Asset
8sum10,000 gold piecesnom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient
9purchasea slavenom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

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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