The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 49

"Sire," said he, prostrating himself as he spoke, "although I make my appearance so late before your Highness, I can confidently assure you that none of the wonders you have seen during the day can be compared to this horse, if you will deign to cast your eyes upon him."

Who acts: Sire, you · What happens: say, prostrate, speak, make, assure, see · To what, where: Sire, appearance, you, wonders, none, eyes · 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 (Sire, you), 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	_	2 Sire	punct
2	Sire	sire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Sire	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sire	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 prostrating	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prostrating	punct
8	prostrating	prostrate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 said	ccomp
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 prostrating	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 spoke	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spoke	nsubj
12	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 prostrating	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 assure	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 assure	punct
15	although	although	SCONJ	_	17 make	mark
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 make	nsubj
17	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 assure	advcl
18	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 appearance	nmod:poss
19	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 make	obj
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 late	advmod
21	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 make	advmod
22	before	before	ADP	_	24 Highness	case
23	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 Highness	nmod:poss
24	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 late	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 make	punct
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 assure	nsubj
27	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 assure	aux
28	confidently	confidently	ADV	_	29 assure	advmod
29	assure	assure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 prostrating	conj
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 assure	iobj
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 compared	mark
32	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	44 compared	nsubj:pass
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 wonders	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 wonders	det
35	wonders	wonder	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 none	nmod
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 seen	nsubj
37	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 seen	aux
38	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	35 wonders	acl:relcl
39	during	during	ADP	_	41 day	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 day	det
41	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 seen	obl
42	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 compared	aux
43	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 compared	aux:pass
44	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 assure	advcl
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 horse	case
46	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	47 horse	det
47	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 compared	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 deign	punct
49	if	if	SCONJ	_	52 deign	mark
50	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	52 deign	nsubj
51	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 deign	aux
52	deign	deign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
53	to	to	PART	_	54 cast	mark
54	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 deign	xcomp
55	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 eyes	nmod:poss
56	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 cast	obj
57	upon	upon	ADP	_	58 him	case
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 cast	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	52 deign	punct
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	52 deign	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Sire					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	prostrate	gerund	Sire	Sire				tree rules
3	speak speech: other	past	Sire					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	make in a quote	present	Sire	my appearance			late property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Product
5	assure in a quote	can	Sire		you		confidently property	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
6	see in a quote	present · perfect	you	the wonders not said here		day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wonder=Stimulus
7	compare in a quote	can · passive		none			to this horse	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
8	deign a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	future	you					tree rules
9	cast in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	your eyes			upon Sire	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=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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