The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 33, sentence 44
But the fact that I have told you of its existence shows that I had confidence in you, and that I hoped to earn your gratitude for ever, by making your fortune as well as mine.
Who acts: I, fact · What happens: tell, show, have, hope, earn, make · To what, where: fact, you, confidence, gratitude, fortune · 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 (I, fact), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 shows | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fact | det |
| 3 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 told | mark |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 told | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | aux |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fact | acl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 told | iobj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 existence | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 existence | nmod:poss |
| 11 | existence | existence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 told | obl |
| 12 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 had | mark |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 had | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 shows | ccomp |
| 16 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 had | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 you | case |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 had | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 hoped | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 hoped | cc |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 hoped | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 hoped | nsubj |
| 23 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 had | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 earn | mark |
| 25 | earn | earn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 hoped | xcomp |
| 26 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 gratitude | nmod:poss |
| 27 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 earn | obj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 ever | case |
| 29 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 25 earn | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 making | punct |
| 31 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 32 making | mark |
| 32 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 earn | advcl |
| 33 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 34 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 making | obj |
| 35 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 38 mine | cc |
| 36 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 35 as | fixed |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 35 as | fixed |
| 38 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 making | conj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 shows | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · perfect | I | the fact not said here | you | of fact's existence | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||
| 2 | show | present | the fact | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | have | past | I | confidence | in you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Patient | |||
| 4 | hope | past | I | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | earn not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | your gratitude | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme for ever=Source | ||||
| 6 | make | gerund | I not said here | your fortune | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fortune=Product | ||||
| 7 | exist | fact | nom existence «state 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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