The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 33, sentence 96
However, far from refusing it, the dervish at once held it out, saying gracefully, "Take it, my friend, and if there is anything else I can do to make you happy you must let me know."
Who acts: anything, I, you, me · What happens: refuse, hold out, say, take, be, do · To what, where: possession, you, me · 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 (anything, I, you, me), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 5 refusing | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 However | punct |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 refusing | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 refusing | mark |
| 5 | refusing | refuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 held | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 refusing | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dervish | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dervish | det |
| 9 | dervish | dervish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 refusing | obl |
| 10 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 12 held | mark |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 held | advmod |
| 12 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 held | obj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 held | compound:prt |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saying | punct |
| 16 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 held | advcl |
| 17 | gracefully | gracefully | ADV | _ | 16 saying | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Take | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Take | punct |
| 20 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 saying | ccomp |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 Take | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 friend | punct |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 friend | nmod:poss |
| 24 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Take | vocative |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 do | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 do | cc |
| 27 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 29 is | mark |
| 28 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 29 is | expl |
| 29 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 do | advcl |
| 30 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 29 is | nsubj |
| 31 | else | else | ADV | _ | 30 anything | advmod |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 do | nsubj |
| 33 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 do | aux |
| 34 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 held | parataxis |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 make | mark |
| 36 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 do | advcl |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 make | obj |
| 38 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 make | xcomp |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 let | nsubj |
| 40 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 let | aux |
| 41 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 happy | parataxis |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 let | obj |
| 43 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 let | xcomp |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 do | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | gerund | possession | the dervish obl; far, however property | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold out | past | possession | once property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | gracefully property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | take in a quote | infinitive | possession | my friend vocative | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 5 | be a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | anything | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | do in a quote | can | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | you | happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | |||
| 8 | let in a quote | must | you | me | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | know in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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