The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 80

The accused man admitted that he had kept Ali Cogia's vase in his shop; but he denied having touched it, and swore that as to what it contained he only knew what Ali Cogia had told him, and called them all to witness the insult that had been put upon him.

Who acts: accused man, Ali, vase · What happens: accuse, admit, keep, deny, have, touch · To what, where: man, shop, vase, that, words, insult · 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 (accused man, Ali, vase), 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	3 man	det
2	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 admitted	nsubj
4	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 kept	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	aux
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 admitted	ccomp
9	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 vase	nmod:poss
10	Cogia	Cogia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ali	flat
11	's	's	PART	_	9 Ali	case
12	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 shop	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shop	nmod:poss
15	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 denied	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 denied	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 denied	nsubj
19	denied	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 admitted	conj
20	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 touched	nsubj
21	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 denied	ccomp
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 touched	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 swore	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 swore	cc
25	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 admitted	parataxis
26	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 swore	obj
27	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	29 what	case
28	to	to	ADP	_	27 as	fixed
29	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 swore	obl
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 contained	nsubj
31	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 what	acl:relcl
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 knew	nsubj
33	only	only	ADV	_	34 knew	advmod
34	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 contained	ccomp
35	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	39 told	obj
36	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 told	nsubj
37	Cogia	Cogia	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Ali	flat
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 told	aux
39	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	34 knew	ccomp
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 told	iobj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 called	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 called	cc
43	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 admitted	conj
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 called	obj
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	44 them	nmod:unmarked
46	to	to	PART	_	47 witness	mark
47	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 called	xcomp
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 insult	det
49	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 called	xcomp
50	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 put	nsubj:pass
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 put	aux
52	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 put	aux:pass
53	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 insult	acl:relcl
54	upon	upon	ADP	_	55 him	case
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 put	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 admitted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	accuse	participle						vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	admit speech: other	past	the accused man					vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	keep	past · perfect · passive		man		Ali's shop		vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme vase=Attribute
4	deny	past	Ali					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	have	gerund						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	touch	past		vase				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
7	swear	past		that				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
8	contain	past	vase					tree rules
9	know	past	Ali					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	Ali		man			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic
11	call	past	the accused man not said here	words = word				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
12	put	past · perfect · passive		the insult			upon Ali	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon he=Destination

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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