The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 36, sentence 81
"You have brought it on yourself," said Ali Cogia, taking him by the arm, "and as you appeal to the law, the law you shall have!
Who acts: You, Ali, law · What happens: bring, say, take, appeal, have · To what, where: vase, 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 (You, Ali, law), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brought | aux |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 said | ccomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 yourself | case |
| 7 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 brought | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 12 | Cogia | Cogia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Ali | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 taking | punct |
| 14 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 said | ccomp |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 taking | obj |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 arm | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 arm | det |
| 18 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 taking | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 taking | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 taking | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 have | cc |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 appeal | mark |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 appeal | nsubj |
| 24 | appeal | appeal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 have | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 law | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 law | det |
| 27 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 appeal | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 appeal | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 law | det |
| 30 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 have | nsubj |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 have | nsubj |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 have | aux |
| 33 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | conj |
| 34 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring in a quote | present · perfect | You | vase | on yourself | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on yourself=Destination | |||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | Ali | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take | gerund | Ali | by the arm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ||||
| 4 | appeal in a quote | present | you | to the law | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to law=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | shall | the law | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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