The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 35, sentence 16

But though I was safe for the moment, I was not destined to remain long under his protection, for he was one of those who hold all dogs to be unclean, and that all the washing in the world will hardly purify you from their contact.

Who acts: I, dog, washing, heels · What happens: be, not destine, remain, hold, purify, protect · To what, where: I, protection, dogs, you

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, dog, washing, heels), 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	_	13 destined	cc
2	though	though	SCONJ	_	5 safe	mark
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 destined	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 moment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moment	det
8	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 safe	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 destined	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 destined	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 destined	advmod
13	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 remain	mark
15	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 destined	xcomp
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 remain	advmod
17	under	under	ADP	_	19 protection	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 protection	nmod:poss
19	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 remain	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 one	punct
21	for	for	ADP	_	24 one	case
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 one	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 one	cop
24	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 destined	parataxis
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 those	case
26	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	24 one	nmod
27	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 hold	nsubj
28	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 those	acl:relcl
29	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	30 dogs	det
30	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 hold	obj
31	to	to	PART	_	33 unclean	mark
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 unclean	cop
33	unclean	unclean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 hold	advcl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 purify	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 purify	cc
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 purify	mark
37	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 washing	det:predet
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 washing	det
39	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 purify	nsubj
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 world	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 world	det
42	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 washing	nmod
43	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 purify	aux
44	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	45 purify	advmod
45	purify	purify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 destined	conj
46	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 purify	obj
47	from	from	ADP	_	49 contact	case
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 contact	nmod:poss
49	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 purify	obl
50	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 destined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I			moment	safe property	tree rules
2	not destine	past · passive		I				tree rules
3	remain	to-infinitive			dog's protection		long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under protection=Location
4	is	past	dog				for one; of those	tree rules
5	hold	present		all dogs				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
6	is	to-infinitive					unclean property	tree rules
7	purify	future	all washing in the world	you			from heels's contact; hardly property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer you=Source from contact=Theme
8	protect		dog					nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent
9	contact		heels = heel					nom contact «act transitive»: 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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