The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 107
The Cadi having heard his case, turned to the merchant, and inquired why he had not repaid Ali Cogia the sum in question.
Who acts: Cadi · What happens: have, hear, turn, inquire, not repay · To what, where: case, merchant, Ali · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cadi), 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 | 2 Cadi | det |
| 2 | Cadi | Cadi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Cadi | acl |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 case | nmod:poss |
| 6 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 turned | punct |
| 8 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 heard | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 merchant | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 merchant | det |
| 11 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 inquired | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 inquired | cc |
| 14 | inquired | inquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | conj |
| 15 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 repaid | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 repaid | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 repaid | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 repaid | advmod |
| 19 | repaid | repay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 inquired | ccomp |
| 20 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 repaid | obj |
| 21 | Cogia | Cogia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Ali | flat |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sum | det |
| 23 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 repaid | obj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 question | case |
| 25 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sum | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | the Cadi not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hear | past | the Cadi | Cadi's case | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer case=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | turn | participle | the Cadi not said here | the merchant | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to merchant=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | inquire speech: other | past | the Cadi not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | not repay | past · perfect | Cadi | Ali | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent ali=Recipient sum=Asset |
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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