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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 32, sentence 113

The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid sat in his palace, wondering if there was anything left in the world that could possibly give him a few hours' amusement, when Giafar the grand-vizir, his old and tried friend, suddenly appeared before him.

Who acts: Caliph, anything, Giafar, few hours · What happens: sit, wonder, be, leave, give, vizir · To what, where: palace, world, amusement, al, friend

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Caliph, anything, Giafar, few hours), 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

detnsubjflatpunctconjpunctflatcasenmod:possoblpunctadvclmarkexplccompnsubjaclcasedetoblnsubjauxadvmodacl:relcliobjdetamodnmod:posscaseobjpunctadvmodnsubjdetamodpunctconjpunctnmod:possamodccconjobjpunctadvmodconjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETCaliphPROPNHarounPROPN-PUNCTalPROPN-PUNCTRaschidPROPNsatVERBinADPhisPRONpalaceNOUN,PUNCTwonderingVERBifSCONJtherePRONwasVERBanythingPRONleftVERBinADPtheDETworldNOUNthatPRONcouldAUXpossiblyADVgiveVERBhimPRONaDETfewADJhoursNOUN'PARTamusementNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVGiafarPROPNtheDETgrandADJ-PUNCTvizirNOUN,PUNCThisPRONoldADJandCCONJtriedVERBfriendNOUN,PUNCTsuddenlyADVappearedVERBbeforeADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Caliphdet
2CaliphCaliphPROPNNumber=Sing8 satnsubj
3HarounHarounPROPNNumber=Sing2 Caliphflat
4--PUNCT_5 alpunct
5alAlPROPNNumber=Sing2 Caliphconj
6--PUNCT_7 Raschidpunct
7RaschidRaschidPROPNNumber=Sing5 alflat
8satsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9ininADP_11 palacecase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 palacenmod:poss
11palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing8 satobl
12,,PUNCT_13 wonderingpunct
13wonderingwonderVERBVerbForm=Ger8 satadvcl
14ififSCONJ_16 wasmark
15theretherePRONPronType=Dem16 wasexpl
16wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 wonderingccomp
17anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind16 wasnsubj
18leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 anythingacl
19ininADP_21 worldcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 worlddet
21worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing18 leftobl
22thatthatPRONPronType=Rel25 givensubj
23couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 giveaux
24possiblypossiblyADV_25 giveadvmod
25givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf17 anythingacl:relcl
26himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 giveiobj
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 hoursdet
28fewfewADJDegree=Pos29 hoursamod
29hourshourNOUNNumber=Plur31 amusementnmod:poss
30''sPART_29 hourscase
31amusementamusementNOUNNumber=Sing25 giveobj
32,,PUNCT_38 vizirpunct
33whenwhenADVPronType=Int38 viziradvmod
34GiafarGiafarPROPNNumber=Sing38 vizirnsubj
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 vizirdet
36grandgrandADJDegree=Pos38 viziramod
37--PUNCT_36 grandpunct
38vizirvizirNOUNNumber=Sing31 amusementconj
39,,PUNCT_41 oldpunct
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 oldnmod:poss
41oldoldADJDegree=Pos31 amusementamod
42andandCCONJ_43 triedcc
43triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 oldconj
44friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing43 triedobj
45,,PUNCT_47 appearedpunct
46suddenlysuddenlyADV_47 appearedadvmod
47appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 satconj
48beforebeforeADP_49 himcase
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 appearedobl
50..PUNCT_8 satpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpastthe Caliph and alal's palacevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location
2wonder speech: askgerundthe Caliph and al not said herevn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3be a condition, not said to happenpastanythingtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4leaveparticiplein the world resultvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in world=Result
5givecoulda few hours's amusement and the grand viziralpossibly propertyvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient amusement=Theme
6vizirGiafartree rules
7trypastfriendvn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality
8appearpastthe Caliph and al not said herebefore alsuddenly propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location
9amusea few hoursnom amusement «feeling 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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