The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 30, sentence 18

When they had finished Noureddin took thirty gold pieces (all that remained of what Sangiar had given him) and presented them to the Caliph, who, thanking him, asked as a further favour if the lady would play him one piece on the lute.

Who acts: fish, Noureddin, that, Caliph, lady · What happens: finish, take, remain, give, present, thank · To what, where: thirty gold pieces, Sangiar, Noureddin, fish, Caliph, one piece

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fish, Noureddin, that, Caliph), 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	ADV	PronType=Int	4 finished	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finished	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	aux
4	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 took	advcl
5	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pieces	nummod
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pieces	compound
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 took	obj
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 remained	punct
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 remained	det:predet
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 remained	nsubj
13	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 took	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 what	case
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 remained	obl
16	Sangiar	Sangiar	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 given	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 given	aux
18	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 what	acl:relcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 given	iobj
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 remained	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 presented	cc
22	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 took	conj
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 presented	obj
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 Caliph	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Caliph	det
26	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 presented	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 thanking	punct
28	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 thanking	nsubj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 thanking	punct
30	thanking	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 Caliph	conj
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 thanking	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 asked	punct
33	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 took	conj
34	as	as	ADP	_	37 favour	case
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 favour	det
36	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 favour	amod
37	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 asked	obl
38	if	if	SCONJ	_	42 play	mark
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 lady	det
40	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 play	nsubj
41	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 play	aux
42	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 asked	xcomp
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 play	obj
44	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 piece	nummod
45	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 play	obj
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 lute	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 lute	det
48	lute	lute	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 play	obl
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	finish	past · perfect	fish					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	take	past	Noureddin	thirty gold pieces				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
3	remain	past	that					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	give	past · perfect · passive		Sangiar	Noureddin			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme
5	present	past	Noureddin not said here	fish	the Caliph			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to caliph=Recipient
6	thank speech: thank	gerund	the Caliph		Noureddin			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	ask speech: ask	past	Noureddin not said here				as a further favour	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	play a condition, not said to happen	would	the lady	one piece	Noureddin	the lute		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary piece=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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