The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 35, sentence 8
In the greatness of the shock and surprise--for I had no idea that Amina was a magician--I never dreamed of running away, and stood rooted to the spot, while Amina grasped a stick and began to beat me.
Who acts: I, Amina · What happens: have, be, not dream, run away, stand, root · To what, where: idea, greatness, magician, stick, me
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, Amina), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 greatness | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 greatness | det |
| 3 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 shock | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shock | det |
| 6 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 greatness | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 surprise | cc |
| 8 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shock | conj |
| 9 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 had | case |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 idea | det |
| 14 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obj |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 magician | mark |
| 16 | Amina | Amina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 magician | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 magician | cop |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 magician | det |
| 19 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 idea | acl |
| 20 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 23 dreamed | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 dreamed | nsubj |
| 22 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 23 dreamed | advmod |
| 23 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 had | conj |
| 24 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 25 running | mark |
| 25 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 dreamed | advcl |
| 26 | away | away | ADV | _ | 25 running | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 stood | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 stood | cc |
| 29 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 had | conj |
| 30 | rooted | root | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 stood | xcomp |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 spot | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 spot | det |
| 33 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 rooted | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 grasped | punct |
| 35 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 37 grasped | mark |
| 36 | Amina | Amina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 grasped | nsubj |
| 37 | grasped | grasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 stood | parataxis |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 stick | det |
| 39 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 grasped | obj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 began | cc |
| 41 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 grasped | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 beat | mark |
| 43 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 began | xcomp |
| 44 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 beat | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | I | no idea | the greatness of the shock and surprise | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a | past | Amina | a magician | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not dream | past | I | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | run away | gerund | I not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | stand | past | I not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | root | participle | I not said here | to the spot | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | grasp | past | Amina | a stick | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | begin | past | Amina not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | beat | to-infinitive | Amina not said here | me | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=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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