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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 12

Now the princess whose mercy Prince Firouz Schah implored was the eldest daughter of the King of Bengal, who was enjoying rest and change in the palace her father had built her, at a little distance from the capital.

Who acts: mercy, princess, eldest daughter, father · What happens: implore, be, enjoy, build · To what, where: eldest daughter, rest, palace, princess

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mercy, princess, eldest daughter, father), 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

advmoddetnsubjnmod:possnsubjnmod:descapposflatacl:relclcopdetamodcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctnsubjauxaclobjccconjcasedetoblnmod:possnsubjauxacl:relclobjpunctcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodpunctrootNowADVtheDETprincessNOUNwhosePRONmercyNOUNPrincePROPNFirouzPROPNSchahPROPNimploredVERBwasAUXtheDETeldestADJdaughterNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPBengalPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXenjoyingVERBrestNOUNandCCONJchangeNOUNinADPtheDETpalaceNOUNherPRONfatherNOUNhadAUXbuiltVERBherPRON,PUNCTatADPaDETlittleADJdistanceNOUNfromADPtheDETcapitalNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 princessadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 princessdet
3princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing13 daughternsubj
4whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel5 mercynmod:poss
5mercymercyNOUNNumber=Sing9 implorednsubj
6PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing7 Firouznmod:desc
7FirouzFirouzPROPNNumber=Sing5 mercyappos
8SchahSchahPROPNNumber=Sing7 Firouzflat
9imploredimploreVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 princessacl:relcl
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 daughtercop
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 daughterdet
12eldesteldADJDegree=Sup13 daughteramod
13daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
14ofofADP_16 Kingcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 Kingdet
16KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing13 daughternmod
17ofofADP_18 Bengalcase
18BengalBengalPROPNNumber=Sing16 Kingnmod
19,,PUNCT_22 enjoyingpunct
20whowhoPRONPronType=Rel22 enjoyingnsubj
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 enjoyingaux
22enjoyingenjoyVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 daughteracl
23restrestNOUNNumber=Sing22 enjoyingobj
24andandCCONJ_25 changecc
25changechangeNOUNNumber=Sing23 restconj
26ininADP_28 palacecase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 palacedet
28palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing22 enjoyingobl
29herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 fathernmod:poss
30fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing32 builtnsubj
31hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 builtaux
32builtbuildVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part28 palaceacl:relcl
33hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 builtobj
34,,PUNCT_38 distancepunct
35atatADP_38 distancecase
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 distancedet
37littlelittleADJDegree=Pos38 distanceamod
38distancedistanceNOUNNumber=Sing22 enjoyingobl
39fromfromADP_41 capitalcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 capitaldet
41capitalcapitalNOUNNumber=Sing38 distancenmod
42..PUNCT_13 daughterpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1implorepastmercyvn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2is apastthe princessthe eldest daughterof the King of Bengaltree rules
3enjoypast · progressivethe eldest daughterrest and changethe palaceat a little distance from the capitalvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus
4buildpast · perfectprincess's fatherprincessvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product

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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