The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 33, sentence 28

No doubt, in the eyes of men, it has none; but I look on it as a slight expiation for a fearful sin of which I have been guilty, and if your Highness will deign to listen to my tale, you will see that no punishment could atone for the crime."

Who acts: doubt, I, Highness, you, punishment, my · What happens: have, look, be, deign, listen, see · To what, where: none · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doubt, I, Highness, 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	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 doubt	det
2	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 doubt	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 men	case
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 doubt	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 has	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 look	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 look	cc
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 look	nsubj
16	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 has	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 look	obl
19	as	as	ADP	_	22 expiation	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 expiation	det
21	slight	slight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 expiation	amod
22	expiation	expiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 look	obl
23	for	for	ADP	_	26 sin	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 sin	det
25	fearful	fearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 sin	amod
26	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 expiation	nmod
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 which	case
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 guilty	obl
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 guilty	nsubj
30	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 guilty	aux
31	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 guilty	cop
32	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 sin	acl:relcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 deign	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 deign	cc
35	if	if	SCONJ	_	39 deign	mark
36	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 Highness	nmod:poss
37	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 deign	nsubj
38	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 deign	aux
39	deign	deign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 look	conj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 listen	mark
41	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 deign	xcomp
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 tale	case
43	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 tale	nmod:poss
44	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 listen	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 see	punct
46	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	48 see	nsubj
47	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 see	aux
48	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 deign	conj
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 atone	mark
50	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	51 punishment	det
51	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 atone	nsubj
52	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 atone	aux
53	atone	atone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 see	ccomp
54	for	for	ADP	_	56 crime	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 crime	det
56	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 atone	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	no doubt and the eyes of men	none		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient
2	look	present	I		as a slight expiation for a fearful sin; on action	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme
3	is	present · perfect	I		of a fearful sin; guilty property	tree rules
4	deign a condition, not said to happen	future	your Highness			tree rules
5	listen	to-infinitive	your Highness not said here		to my tale	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tale=Theme
6	see	future	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	atone	could	no punishment		for the crime	tree rules
8	tell		my			nom tale «communication intransitive»: 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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