The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 47
After a few moments given to inquiries Ali Cogia begged the merchant to hand him over the vase that he had taken care of for so long.
Who acts: Ali · What happens: give, beg, hand, take · To what, where: few moments, inquiries, merchant, Ali, 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 (Ali), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 moments | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 moments | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 moments | amod |
| 4 | moments | moment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 begged | obl |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 moments | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 inquiries | case |
| 7 | inquiries | inquiry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 given | obl |
| 8 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 begged | nsubj |
| 9 | Cogia | Cogia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Ali | flat |
| 10 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 merchant | det |
| 12 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 begged | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 hand | mark |
| 14 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 begged | ccomp |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hand | obj |
| 16 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 vase | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 vase | det |
| 18 | vase | vase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hand | obl |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 taken | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 taken | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 taken | aux |
| 22 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 begged | advcl |
| 23 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 taken | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 care | fixed |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 long | case |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 27 long | advmod |
| 27 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 taken | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 begged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | a few moments not said here | inquiries | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to inquiry=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | Ali | the merchant | moment | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent merchant=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | hand not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ali | the vase | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | past · perfect | Ali | care | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent care=Theme for long=Beneficiary |
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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