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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 3, sentence 49

But I do know that it was even more marvellous than either of the others, so that the genius was astonished, and said to the third old man, "I will give up to you the third part of the merchant's punishment.

Who acts: I, other two, genius, merchant · What happens: know, be, say, give up, punish · To what, where: third old man, third part · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (I, other two, genius, merchant), 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

ccnsubjauxmarknsubjcopadvmodadvmodccompcaseoblcasedetnmodpunctmarkfixeddetnsubjcopconjpunctccparataxiscasedetamodamodoblpunctpunctnsubjauxconjcompound:prtcaseobldetamodobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctrootButCCONJIPRONdoAUXknowVERBthatSCONJitPRONwasAUXevenADVmoreADVmarvellousADJthanADPeitherDETofADPtheDETothersNOUN,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJtheDETgeniusNOUNwasAUXastonishedADJ,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERBtoADPtheDETthirdADJoldADJmanNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONwillAUXgiveVERBupADPtoADPyouPRONtheDETthirdADJpartNOUNofADPtheDETmerchantNOUN'sPARTpunishmentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 knowcc
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 knownsubj
3dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 knowaux
4knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thatthatSCONJ_10 marvellousmark
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 marvellousnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 marvellouscop
8evenevenADV_9 moreadvmod
9moremoreADVDegree=Cmp10 marvellousadvmod
10marvellousmarvellousADJDegree=Pos4 knowccomp
11thanthanADP_12 eithercase
12eithereitherDETPronType=Ind10 marvellousobl
13ofofADP_15 otherscase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 othersdet
15othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur12 eithernmod
16,,PUNCT_22 astonishedpunct
17sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ22 astonishedmark
18thatthatSCONJ_17 sofixed
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 geniusdet
20geniusgeniusNOUNNumber=Sing22 astonishednsubj
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 astonishedcop
22astonishedastonishedADJDegree=Pos4 knowconj
23,,PUNCT_25 saidpunct
24andandCCONJ_25 saidcc
25saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 astonishedparataxis
26totoADP_30 mancase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 mandet
28thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord30 manamod
29oldoldADJDegree=Pos30 manamod
30manmanNOUNNumber=Sing25 saidobl
31,,PUNCT_30 manpunct
32""PUNCT_35 givepunct
33IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs35 givensubj
34willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin35 giveaux
35givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf25 saidconj
36upupADP_35 givecompound:prt
37totoADP_38 youcase
38youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs35 giveobl
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 partdet
40thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord41 partamod
41partpartNOUNNumber=Sing35 giveobj
42ofofADP_46 punishmentcase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 merchantdet
44merchantmerchantNOUNNumber=Sing46 punishmentnmod:poss
45's'sPART_44 merchantcase
46punishmentpunishmentNOUNNumber=Sing41 partnmod
47..PUNCT_4 knowpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowpresent · do-supportIvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2ispastother two = twothan either; marvellous propertytree rules
3ispastthe geniusastonished propertytree rules
4say speech: assertpastthe third old manvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient
5give up in a quotefutureIthe third part of the merchant's punishmentthe third old man = manvn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Theme to you=Recipient
6punish in a quotethe merchantnom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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