The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 33
The Caliph being seated on his throne with the boy next him, the parties to the suit were ushered in.
Who acts: throne · What happens: seat, usher in · To what, where: Caliph, throne, parties
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 (throne), 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 | 2 Caliph | det |
| 2 | Caliph | Caliph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 seated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 seated | aux:pass |
| 4 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 throne | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 throne | nmod:poss |
| 7 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seated | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 boy | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throne | nmod |
| 11 | next | next | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 boy | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 parties | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 parties | det |
| 15 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ushered | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 suit | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 suit | det |
| 18 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 parties | nmod |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 ushered | aux:pass |
| 20 | ushered | usher | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 throne | acl:relcl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 ushered | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 seated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seat | gerund · passive | the Caliph | Caliph's throne with the boy next boy | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | ||||
| 2 | usher in | past · passive | Caliph's throne with the boy next boy not said here | the parties to the suit | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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