The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 17
"If the circumstances are really such as we have heard," replied the grand-vizir, "it seems to me your Highness could only follow the example of this boy, in the method of reasoning, and also in your conclusions."
Who acts: circumstances, we, grand vizir, it, Highness, your · What happens: be, hear, reply, seem, follow, exemplify · To what, where: grand vizir, example, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (circumstances, we, grand vizir, it), 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 | _ | 7 such | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 circumstances | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 circumstances | det |
| 4 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 such | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 such | cop |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 such | advmod |
| 7 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 14 replied | advcl |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 heard | mark |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 heard | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 heard | aux |
| 11 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 replied | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 heard | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 replied | punct |
| 14 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 vizir | det |
| 16 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 vizir | amod |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 grand | punct |
| 18 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 replied | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 seems | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 seems | punct |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 seems | nsubj |
| 22 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 replied | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 me | case |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 seems | obl |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 Highness | nmod:poss |
| 26 | Highness | highness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 follow | nsubj |
| 27 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 follow | aux |
| 28 | only | only | ADV | _ | 29 follow | advmod |
| 29 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 seems | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 example | det |
| 31 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 follow | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 boy | case |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 boy | det |
| 34 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 example | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 method | punct |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 method | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 method | det |
| 38 | method | method | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 follow | parataxis |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 reasoning | case |
| 40 | reasoning | reasoning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 method | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 conclusions | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 conclusions | cc |
| 43 | also | also | ADV | _ | 46 conclusions | advmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 conclusions | case |
| 45 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 conclusions | nmod:poss |
| 46 | conclusions | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 method | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 follow | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 seems | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the circumstances | such property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear in a quote | present · perfect | we | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | reply speech: assert | past | the grand vizir | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | seem in a quote | present | it | the grand vizir = vizir | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | follow in a quote | could | your Highness | the example of this boy | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Theme | ||||
| 6 | exemplify in a quote | this boy | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | conclude in a quote | your | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: 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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