The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 34, sentence 66
The first time I saw my wife unveiled, when she had been brought to my house with the usual ceremonies, I was enchanted to find that I had not been deceived in regard to the account that had been given me of her beauty.
Who acts: I, wife · What happens: see, unveil, bring, enchant, find, not deceive · To what, where: behaviour, house, I, regard, account, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, wife), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 wife | nmod:poss |
| 7 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 unveiled | nsubj |
| 8 | unveiled | unveil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 brought | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 brought | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 brought | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 brought | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 brought | aux:pass |
| 14 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 saw | conj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 house | case |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 house | nmod:poss |
| 17 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 brought | obl |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 ceremonies | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 ceremonies | det |
| 20 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 ceremonies | amod |
| 21 | ceremonies | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 brought | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 enchanted | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 enchanted | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 25 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 saw | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 find | mark |
| 27 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 enchanted | advcl |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 deceived | mark |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 deceived | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 deceived | aux |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 deceived | advmod |
| 32 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 deceived | aux:pass |
| 33 | deceived | deceive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 find | ccomp |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 regard | case |
| 35 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 deceived | obl |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 account | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 account | det |
| 38 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 regard | nmod |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 given | obj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 given | aux |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 given | aux:pass |
| 42 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 account | acl:relcl |
| 43 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 given | iobj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 beauty | case |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 46 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 given | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | I | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | unveil | past | my wife | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bring | past · perfect · passive | behaviour | my house | with the usual ceremonies | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to house=Destination | |||
| 4 | enchant | past · passive | I | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | find | to-infinitive | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | not deceive | past · perfect · passive | I | regard to the account | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 7 | give | past · perfect · passive | the account | me | of behaviour's beauty | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: i=Recipient that=Theme |
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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