The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 75

The Indian, who had overheard the king's speech, thought that he saw in it signs of yielding to his proposal, so he joyfully agreed to the monarch's wishes, and came forward to help the prince to mount the horse, and show him how to guide it: but, before he had finished, the young man turned the screw, and was soon out of sight.

Who acts: Indian, king, speech, prince, young man, monarch · What happens: overhear, think, see, sign, yield, agree · To what, where: speech, prince, horse, king, screw, sight · 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 (Indian, king, speech, prince), 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 Indian	det
2	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thought	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 overheard	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 overheard	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 overheard	aux
6	overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 Indian	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 speech	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 overheard	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thought	punct
12	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 saw	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 saw	nsubj
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 thought	ccomp
16	in	in	SCONJ	_	18 signs	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 signs	nsubj
18	signs	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 saw	ccomp
19	of	of	SCONJ	_	20 yielding	mark
20	yielding	yield	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 signs	advcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 proposal	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 proposal	nmod:poss
23	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 yielding	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 agreed	punct
25	so	so	ADV	_	28 agreed	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 agreed	nsubj
27	joyfully	joyfully	ADV	_	28 agreed	advmod
28	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 saw	conj
29	to	to	ADP	_	33 wishes	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 monarch	det
31	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 wishes	nmod:poss
32	's	's	PART	_	31 monarch	case
33	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 agreed	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 came	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 came	cc
36	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 thought	conj
37	forward	forward	ADV	_	36 came	advmod
38	to	to	PART	_	39 help	mark
39	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 came	advcl
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 prince	det
41	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 help	obj
42	to	to	PART	_	43 mount	mark
43	mount	mount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 help	xcomp
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 horse	det
45	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 mount	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 show	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 show	cc
48	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 thought	parataxis
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 show	iobj
50	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	52 guide	advmod
51	to	to	PART	_	52 guide	mark
52	guide	guide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 show	ccomp
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 guide	obj
54	:	:	PUNCT	_	60 finished	punct
55	but	but	CCONJ	_	60 finished	cc
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 finished	punct
57	before	before	SCONJ	_	60 finished	mark
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 finished	nsubj
59	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 finished	aux
60	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 thought	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 turned	punct
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 man	det
63	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 man	amod
64	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 turned	nsubj
65	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 finished	conj
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 screw	det
67	screw	screw	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 turned	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 sight	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 sight	cc
70	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 sight	cop
71	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	74 sight	advmod
72	out	out	ADP	_	74 sight	case
73	of	of	ADP	_	74 sight	case
74	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 turned	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	overhear	past · perfect		the king's speech				vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	past	the Indian					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	see	past	king					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	sign	present	speech					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	yield	gerund	speech not said here				to king's proposal	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to proposal=Theme
6	agree speech: agree	past	king				to the monarch's wishes; joyfully property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	come forward	past	the Indian not said here				forward property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	help	to-infinitive	the Indian not said here	the prince				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Beneficiary clause=Theme
9	mount	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	the horse				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
10	show	infinitive			king			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
11	guide	to-infinitive		Horse				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
12	finish	past · perfect	king					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
13	turn	past	the young man	the screw				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent screw=Theme
14	is	past				sight	soon property	tree rules
15	speak		the king					nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent
16	propose		king					nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
17	wish		the monarch					nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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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