The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 30, sentence 50
Then turning to the Persian he said: "Fair lady, now you know who I am; learn also that I have sent Noureddin to Balsora to be king, and as soon as all necessary preparations are made I will send you there to be queen.
Who acts: hand, you · What happens: turn, say, know, be, learn, send · To what, where: Fair lady, Noureddin, Balsora, king, necessary preparations, you · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (hand, 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 turning | advmod |
| 2 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 said | advcl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Persian | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Persian | det |
| 5 | Persian | Persian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 turning | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 lady | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 lady | punct |
| 10 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lady | amod |
| 11 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 know | punct |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 know | advmod |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 know | nsubj |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 lady | acl:relcl |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 know | ccomp |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 who | nsubj |
| 18 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 who | cop |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 learn | punct |
| 20 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | conj |
| 21 | also | also | ADV | _ | 20 learn | advmod |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 sent | mark |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 sent | nsubj |
| 24 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 sent | aux |
| 25 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 learn | advcl |
| 26 | Noureddin | Noureddin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 sent | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Balsora | case |
| 28 | Balsora | Balsora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 sent | obl |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 king | mark |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 king | cop |
| 31 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 sent | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 made | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 made | cc |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 soon | advmod |
| 35 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 41 made | advmod |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 made | mark |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 preparations | det |
| 38 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 preparations | amod |
| 39 | preparations | preparation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 made | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 made | aux:pass |
| 41 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 send | advcl |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 send | nsubj |
| 43 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 send | aux |
| 44 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 learn | parataxis |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 send | iobj |
| 46 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 send | advmod |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 queen | mark |
| 48 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 49 queen | cop |
| 49 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 send | advcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | hand not said here | then | to the Persian result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to persian=Result | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | hand | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | you | Fair lady not said here | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | hand | Fair lady | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | learn in a quote | infinitive | hand not said here | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | send in a quote | present · perfect | hand | Noureddin | Balsora | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent noureddin=Theme to balsora=Destination | |||
| 7 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | hand not said here | king | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | make in a quote | present · passive | all necessary preparations | soon property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 9 | send in a quote | future | hand | you | there | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 10 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | hand not said here | queen | tree rules |
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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