The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 34, sentence 91

There I hid myself under the shadow of the wall, and crouched down cautiously; and hardly was I concealed, when I saw my wife approaching in company with a ghoul--one of those demons which, as your Highness is aware, wander about the country making their lairs in deserted buildings and springing out upon unwary travellers whose flesh they eat.

Who acts: I, wife, Highness, lairs · What happens: hide, crouch down, conceal, see, approach, be · To what, where: myself, shadow, I, wife, company, lairs

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, Highness, lairs), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 hid	expl
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 hid	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 shadow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shadow	det
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shadow	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crouched	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crouched	cc
13	crouched	crouch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hid	conj
14	down	down	ADP	_	13 crouched	compound:prt
15	cautiously	cautiously	ADV	_	13 crouched	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 concealed	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 concealed	cc
18	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	21 concealed	advmod
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 concealed	aux:pass
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 concealed	nsubj
21	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hid	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 saw	punct
23	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	25 saw	advmod
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 saw	nsubj
25	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hid	conj
26	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 wife	nmod:poss
27	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 saw	obj
28	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 wife	acl
29	in	in	ADP	_	30 company	case
30	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 approaching	obl
31	with	with	ADP	_	33 ghoul	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 ghoul	det
33	ghoul	ghoul	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 approaching	obl
34	--	--	PUNCT	_	35 one	punct
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 ghoul	appos
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 demons	case
37	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	38 demons	det
38	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 one	nmod
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 aware	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 which	punct
41	as	as	SCONJ	_	45 aware	mark
42	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 Highness	nmod:poss
43	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 aware	nsubj
44	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 aware	cop
45	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 demons	acl:relcl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 wander	punct
47	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 aware	conj
48	about	about	ADP	_	50 country	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 country	det
50	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 wander	obl
51	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 wander	advcl
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 lairs	nmod:poss
53	lairs	lair	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 making	obj
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 buildings	case
55	deserted	desert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 buildings	amod
56	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 making	obl
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 springing	cc
58	springing	spring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 making	conj
59	out	out	ADP	_	58 springing	compound:prt
60	upon	upon	ADP	_	62 travellers	case
61	unwary	unwary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 travellers	amod
62	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 springing	obl
63	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	64 flesh	nmod:poss
64	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 travellers	conj
65	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 eat	nsubj
66	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 flesh	acl:relcl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past	I	myself	the shadow of the wall; there		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent myself=Patient under shadow=Location
2	crouch down	participle	I not said here			cautiously property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	conceal	past · passive		I		hardly property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	see	past	I	my wife			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
5	approach	gerund	my wife not said here		company	with a ghoul	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with ghoul=Instrument
6	is	present	your Highness			that demons obl; aware property	tree rules
7	wander	present	your Highness not said here			about the country	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about country=Trajectory
8	make	gerund	your Highness not said here	demons's lairs	deserted buildings		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lair=Product
9	desert	participle					vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	spring out	gerund	your Highness not said here		unwary travellers and unwary travellers and unwary travellers's flesh's flesh		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon traveller=Trajectory
11	eat	present	lairs = lair	unwary travellers and unwary travellers and flesh's flesh's flesh not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient
12	shadow			the wall			nom shadow «state 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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