The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 32, sentence 122
Much pleased with the peace and good order of the city, the Caliph and his vizir made their way to a bridge, which led straight back to the palace, and had already crossed it, when they were stopped by an old and blind man, who begged for alms.
Who acts: Caliph, bridge, old man · What happens: make, lead, cross, stop, beg, order · To what, where: way, Caliph, city
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, bridge, old man), 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 | Much | much | ADV | _ | 2 pleased | advmod |
| 2 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 peace | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 peace | det |
| 5 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pleased | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 order | cc |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 order | amod |
| 8 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 peace | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 city | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 city | det |
| 11 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 order | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 made | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Caliph | det |
| 14 | Caliph | Caliph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 made | nsubj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 vizir | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 vizir | nmod:poss |
| 17 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Caliph | conj |
| 18 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 peace | acl:relcl |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 way | nmod:poss |
| 20 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 bridge | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 bridge | det |
| 23 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 led | punct |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 led | nsubj |
| 26 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 bridge | acl:relcl |
| 27 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 28 back | advmod |
| 28 | back | back | ADV | _ | 26 led | advmod |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 palace | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 palace | det |
| 31 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 back | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 crossed | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 crossed | cc |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 crossed | aux |
| 35 | already | already | ADV | _ | 36 crossed | advmod |
| 36 | crossed | cross | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 pleased | conj |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 crossed | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 stopped | punct |
| 39 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 42 stopped | advmod |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 stopped | nsubj |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 stopped | aux:pass |
| 42 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 pleased | conj |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 man | case |
| 44 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 man | det |
| 45 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 man | amod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 blind | cc |
| 47 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 old | conj |
| 48 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 stopped | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 begged | punct |
| 50 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 begged | nsubj |
| 51 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 man | acl:relcl |
| 52 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 alms | case |
| 53 | alms | alm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 begged | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pleased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the Caliph and order's vizir | Caliph's way | to a bridge | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product | |||
| 2 | lead | past | a bridge | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | cross | past · perfect | way | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 4 | stop | past · passive | a old man | Caliph | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | beg speech: request | past | a old man | for alms | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for alm=Topic | ||||
| 6 | order | the city | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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