The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 76

They waited some time, expecting that every moment he might be seen returning in the distance, but at length the Indian grew frightened, and prostrating himself before the throne, he said to the king, "Sire, your Highness must have noticed that the prince, in his impatience, did not allow me to tell him what it was necessary to do in order to return to the place from which he started.

Who acts: sight, man, length, impatience · What happens: wait, expect, see, return, grow, frighten · To what, where: man, king, Highness, place · 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 (sight, man, length, impatience), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 expecting	punct
6	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waited	advcl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 moment	mark
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 moment	det
9	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expecting	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 seen	nsubj
11	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 seen	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 seen	aux:pass
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 moment	acl:relcl
14	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 seen	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 distance	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 distance	det
17	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 returning	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 grew	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 grew	cc
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 length	case
21	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 grew	nsubj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Indian	det
23	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 length	amod
24	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
25	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 grew	xcomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 prostrating	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 prostrating	cc
28	prostrating	prostrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 grew	advcl
29	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	28 prostrating	obj
30	before	before	ADP	_	32 throne	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 throne	det
32	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 prostrating	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 said	punct
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 said	nsubj
35	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 king	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 king	det
38	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 said	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Sire	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	41 Sire	punct
41	Sire	sire	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 king	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 noticed	punct
43	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 Highness	nmod:poss
44	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 noticed	nsubj:pass
45	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 noticed	aux
46	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 noticed	aux
47	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 said	parataxis
48	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 prince	mark
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 prince	det
50	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 noticed	xcomp
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 impatience	punct
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 impatience	case
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 impatience	nmod:poss
54	impatience	impatience	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 noticed	parataxis
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 allow	punct
56	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 allow	aux
57	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	58 allow	advmod
58	allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 impatience	acl:relcl
59	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 allow	iobj
60	to	to	PART	_	61 tell	mark
61	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 allow	xcomp
62	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 tell	iobj
63	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	66 necessary	nsubj
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 necessary	expl
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 necessary	cop
66	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 tell	ccomp
67	to	to	PART	_	68 do	mark
68	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 necessary	csubj
69	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	72 return	mark
70	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 in	fixed
71	to	to	PART	_	72 return	mark
72	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 do	advcl
73	to	to	ADP	_	75 place	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 place	det
75	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 return	obl
76	from	from	ADP	_	77 which	case
77	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 started	obl
78	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 started	nsubj
79	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 place	acl:relcl
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waited	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	sight				time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	expect	gerund	sight not said here				moment		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	see	might · passive		man					tree rules
4	return	gerund	man not said here					in the distance	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	grow	past	length						tree rules
6	frighten	participle	length not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	prostrate	gerund	length not said here	man			before the throne		tree rules
8	say speech: assert	past	man		the king and Sire				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic
9	notice in a quote	must · perfect · passive		your Highness					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
10	not allow in a quote	past · do-support	man's impatience not said here		man				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
11	tell speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	man's impatience not said here		man				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
12	is in a quote	past						necessary property	tree rules
13	do in a quote	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	return in a quote	to-infinitive						to the place result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result
15	start in a quote	past	man			the place			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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