The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 3, sentence 119

But no, it will be better if I throw you into the sea whence I drew you out, and I will build a house on the shore to warn fishermen who come to cast their nets here, against fishing up such a wicked genius as you are, who vows to kill the man who frees you."

Who acts: death, I, fishermen, you, man · What happens: be, throw, draw out, build, warn, come · To what, where: you, sea, house, shore, fishermen, nets

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (death, I, fishermen, you), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	7 better	cc
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 better	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 no	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 better	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 better	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 better	cop
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 throw	mark
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 throw	nsubj
10	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 better	advcl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 throw	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 throw	obl
15	whence	whence	ADV	PronType=Int	17 drew	advmod
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 drew	nsubj
17	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sea	acl:relcl
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 drew	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	17 drew	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 build	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 build	cc
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 build	nsubj
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 build	aux
24	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 throw	parataxis
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 house	det
26	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 build	obj
27	on	on	ADP	_	29 shore	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 shore	det
29	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 build	obl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 warn	mark
31	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 build	advcl
32	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 warn	obj
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 come	nsubj
34	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 fishermen	acl:relcl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 cast	mark
36	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 come	xcomp
37	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 nets	nmod:poss
38	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 cast	obj
39	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 cast	advmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 fishing	punct
41	against	against	SCONJ	_	42 fishing	mark
42	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 warn	advcl
43	up	up	ADP	_	42 fishing	compound:prt
44	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	47 genius	det:predet
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 genius	det
46	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 genius	amod
47	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 fishing	obl:unmarked
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	50 are	mark
49	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	50 are	nsubj
50	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 fishing	advcl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 vows	punct
52	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 vows	nsubj
53	vows	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 fishing	advcl
54	to	to	PART	_	55 kill	mark
55	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 vows	xcomp
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 man	det
57	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 kill	obj
58	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 frees	nsubj
59	frees	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 man	acl:relcl
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 frees	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 better	punct
62	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 better	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	future	death			good property	tree rules
2	throw a condition, not said to happen	present	I	you		into the sea result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer you=Theme into sea=Result
3	draw out	past	I	you		whence property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
4	build	future	I	a house	the shore		vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme on shore=Source
5	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive	I not said here	fishermen			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fisherman=Recipient
6	come	present	fishermen				tree rules
7	cast	to-infinitive	fishermen not said here	feet's nets	here		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Product
8	fish up	gerund	I not said here	such wicked genius			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	does	present	you				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	vow	present					tree rules
11	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive		the man			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
12	free	present	the man	you			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer you=Source

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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