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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 22

"That reminds me," said the husband, "that before Ali Cogia went to Mecca seven years ago, he left a vase of olives in my care.

Who acts: That, husband, Ali, my · What happens: remind, say, go, leave, care · To what, where: husband, Mecca, vase, care · 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 (That, husband, Ali, my), 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

punctnsubjccompiobjpunctpunctdetnsubjpunctpunctnsubjmarknsubjflatacl:relclcaseoblnummodobl:unmarkedadvmodpunctnsubjconjdetobjcasenmodcasenmod:possoblpunctroot"PUNCTThatPRONremindsVERBmePRON,PUNCT"PUNCTsaidVERBtheDEThusbandNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTthatPRONbeforeSCONJAliPROPNCogiaPROPNwentVERBtoADPMeccaPROPNsevenNUMyearsNOUNagoADV,PUNCThePRONleftVERBaDETvaseNOUNofADPolivesNOUNinADPmyPRONcareNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_3 remindspunct
2ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 remindsnsubj
3remindsremindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 saidccomp
4meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 remindsiobj
5,,PUNCT_3 remindspunct
6""PUNCT_3 remindspunct
7saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 husbanddet
9husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing7 saidnsubj
10,,PUNCT_9 husbandpunct
11""PUNCT_9 husbandpunct
12thatthatPRONPronType=Rel16 wentnsubj
13beforebeforeSCONJ_16 wentmark
14AliAliPROPNNumber=Sing16 wentnsubj
15CogiaCogiaPROPNNumber=Sing14 Aliflat
16wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 husbandacl:relcl
17totoADP_18 Meccacase
18MeccaMeccaPROPNNumber=Sing16 wentobl
19sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card20 yearsnummod
20yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur21 agoobl:unmarked
21agoagoADV_16 wentadvmod
22,,PUNCT_24 leftpunct
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 leftnsubj
24leftleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 saidconj
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 vasedet
26vasevaseNOUNNumber=Sing24 leftobj
27ofofADP_28 olivescase
28olivesoliveNOUNNumber=Plur26 vasenmod
29ininADP_31 carecase
30mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 carenmod:poss
31carecareNOUNNumber=Sing24 leftobl
32..PUNCT_7 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1remind speech: other in a quotepresentThatthe husband = husbandvn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2say speech: assertpastthe husbandvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3go in a quotepastthe husbandMeccaago propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mecca=Initial_Location
4leave in a quotepastAlia vase of olivesmy carevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vase=Theme in care=Location
5care in a quotemynom care «act intransitive»: 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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