The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 29, sentence 45
When the captain of the guard reached Noureddin's house he caused his soldiers to burst open the door and to enter by force, but no trace was to be found of Noureddin and his slave, nor could the neighbours give any information about them.
Who acts: captain, Noureddin, soldiers, neighbours · What happens: reach, cause, burst, open, enter, find · To what, where: house, soldiers, door, trace, information
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 (captain, Noureddin, soldiers, neighbours), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 reached | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 captain | det |
| 3 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reached | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 guard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guard | det |
| 6 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 captain | nmod |
| 7 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 caused | advcl |
| 8 | Noureddin | Noureddin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 house | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Noureddin | case |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reached | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 caused | nsubj |
| 12 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 14 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 caused | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 burst | mark |
| 16 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 caused | xcomp |
| 17 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 burst | xcomp |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 door | det |
| 19 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 open | obj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 enter | cc |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 enter | mark |
| 22 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 open | conj |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 force | case |
| 24 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 enter | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 found | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 found | cc |
| 27 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 28 trace | det |
| 28 | trace | trace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 found | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 found | aux:pass |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 found | mark |
| 31 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 found | aux:pass |
| 32 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 caused | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Noureddin | case |
| 34 | Noureddin | Noureddin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 found | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 slave | cc |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 slave | nmod:poss |
| 37 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Noureddin | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 give | punct |
| 39 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 43 give | cc |
| 40 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 give | aux |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 neighbours | det |
| 42 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 give | nsubj |
| 43 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 caused | conj |
| 44 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 45 information | det |
| 45 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 give | obj |
| 46 | about | about | ADP | _ | 47 them | case |
| 47 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 information | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | the captain of the guard | Noureddin's house | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cause | past | Noureddin | Noureddin's soldiers | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | burst | to-infinitive | Noureddin's soldiers not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | open | infinitive | Noureddin's soldiers not said here | the door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ||||
| 5 | enter | to-infinitive | Noureddin's soldiers not said here | by force | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | find | past · passive | no trace | of Noureddin and Noureddin's slave | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 7 | give | could | the neighbours | any information | about Euphrates = euphrate | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=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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