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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 31, sentence 90

On seeing her poverty the Sultan felt less inclined than ever to keep his word, and asked the vizir's advice, who counselled him to set so high a value on the princess that no man living could come up to it.

Who acts: Sultan, advice, man, princess · What happens: see, feel, keep, ask, counsell, set · To what, where: poverty, word, advice, Sultan, high value, value

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sultan, advice, man, princess), 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

markadvclnmod:possobjdetnsubjadvmodxcompcaseoblmarkadvclnmod:possobjpunctccconjdetnmod:posscaseobjpunctnsubjacl:relclobjmarkadvcladvmodamoddetobjcasedetoblnsubjdetnsubjaclauxacl:relclcompound:prtcaseoblpunctrootOnSCONJseeingVERBherPRONpovertyNOUNtheDETSultanPROPNfeltVERBlessADVinclinedADJthanADPeverADVtoPARTkeepVERBhisPRONwordNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJaskedVERBtheDETvizirNOUN'sPARTadviceNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONcounselledVERBhimPRONtoPARTsetVERBsoADVhighADJaDETvalueNOUNonADPtheDETprincessNOUNthatPRONnoDETmanNOUNlivingVERBcouldAUXcomeVERBupADPtoADPitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonSCONJ_2 seeingmark
2seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 feltadvcl
3herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 povertynmod:poss
4povertypovertyNOUNNumber=Sing2 seeingobj
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Sultandet
6SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing7 feltnsubj
7feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8lesslessADVDegree=Cmp9 inclinedadvmod
9inclinedinclinedADJDegree=Pos7 feltxcomp
10thanthanADP_11 evercase
11evereverADVPronType=Ind9 inclinedobl
12totoPART_13 keepmark
13keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf9 inclinedadvcl
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 wordnmod:poss
15wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing13 keepobj
16,,PUNCT_18 askedpunct
17andandCCONJ_18 askedcc
18askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 feltconj
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 vizirdet
20vizirvizirNOUNNumber=Sing22 advicenmod:poss
21's'sPART_20 vizircase
22adviceadviceNOUNNumber=Sing18 askedobj
23,,PUNCT_25 counselledpunct
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 counsellednsubj
25counselledcounsellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 adviceacl:relcl
26himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 counselledobj
27totoPART_28 setmark
28setsetVERBVerbForm=Inf25 counselledadvcl
29sosoADV_30 highadvmod
30highhighADJDegree=Pos32 valueamod
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 valuedet
32valuevalueNOUNNumber=Sing28 setobj
33ononADP_35 princesscase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 princessdet
35princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing28 setobl
36thatthatPRONPronType=Rel41 comensubj
37nonoDETPronType=Neg38 mandet
38manmanNOUNNumber=Sing41 comensubj
39livingliveVERBVerbForm=Ger38 manacl
40couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin41 comeaux
41comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf35 princessacl:relcl
42upupADP_41 comecompound:prt
43totoADP_44 itcase
44ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 comeobl
45..PUNCT_7 feltpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seegerundthe Sultan not said heremother's povertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poverty=Stimulus
2feelpastthe Sultaninclined propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3keepto-infinitivethe Sultan not said hereSultan's wordvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
4ask speech: askpastthe Sultan not said herethe vizir's advicevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient
5counsellpastthe vizir's adviceSultantree rules
6setto-infinitivethe vizir's advice not said herea high valueon the princessvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent value=Theme on princess=Destination
7livegerundno man not said herevn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8come upcouldthe princessvaluevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial_Location
9wordSultannom word «communication 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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