The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 17

And as the prince was about to thank her for her goodness, she added quickly, "However great may be my curiosity to learn by what means you have travelled here so speedily, I know that you must be faint for want of food, so I shall give orders to my women to take you to one of my chambers, where you will be provided with supper, and left to repose."

Who acts: prince, protection, you · What happens: be, thank, add, learn, mean, travell · To what, where: protection, great curiosity, orders, women, you, one · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (prince, protection, 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 about	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 about	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 about	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 about	cop
6	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 thank	mark
8	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 about	xcomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thank	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 goodness	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 goodness	nmod:poss
12	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thank	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 added	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 added	nsubj
15	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 about	conj
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	15 added	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 added	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 great	punct
19	However	however	ADV	_	20 great	advmod
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 curiosity	amod
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 curiosity	aux
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 curiosity	cop
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 curiosity	nmod:poss
24	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 added	parataxis
25	to	to	PART	_	26 learn	mark
26	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 curiosity	acl
27	by	by	SCONJ	_	29 means	mark
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 means	nsubj
29	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 learn	ccomp
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 travelled	nsubj
31	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 travelled	aux
32	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 means	ccomp
33	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 travelled	advmod
34	so	so	ADV	_	35 speedily	advmod
35	speedily	speedily	ADV	_	32 travelled	advmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 know	punct
37	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 know	nsubj
38	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 speedily	advcl
39	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 faint	mark
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	43 faint	nsubj
41	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 faint	aux
42	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	43 faint	cop
43	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 know	ccomp
44	for	for	ADP	_	45 want	case
45	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 faint	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 food	case
47	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 want	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 give	punct
49	so	so	ADV	_	52 give	advmod
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 give	nsubj
51	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 give	aux
52	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 travelled	parataxis
53	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 give	obj
54	to	to	ADP	_	56 women	case
55	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 women	nmod:poss
56	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 give	obl
57	to	to	PART	_	58 take	mark
58	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 give	advcl
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 take	obj
60	to	to	ADP	_	61 one	case
61	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	58 take	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 chambers	case
63	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 chambers	nmod:poss
64	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 one	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 provided	punct
66	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	70 provided	advmod
67	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	70 provided	nsubj
68	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 provided	aux
69	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	70 provided	aux:pass
70	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 chambers	acl:relcl
71	with	with	ADP	_	72 supper	case
72	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 provided	obl
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 left	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 left	cc
75	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 travelled	parataxis
76	to	to	PART	_	77 repose	mark
77	repose	repose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 left	xcomp
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 about	punct
79	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 about	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the prince				about property	tree rules
2	thank speech: thank	to-infinitive	the prince not said here		protection		for protection's goodness	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for goodness=Attribute
3	add speech: assert	past	protection				quickly property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is a in a quote	may		my great curiosity				tree rules
5	learn in a quote	to-infinitive	protection not said here					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	mean in a quote	present						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	travell in a quote	present · perfect	you			here	speedily property	tree rules
8	know in a quote	present	protection					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	is in a quote	must	you				for want of food; faint property	tree rules
10	give in a quote	shall	protection	orders	my women			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to woman=Recipient
11	take in a quote	to-infinitive	protection not said here	you	one of my chambers			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to one=Destination
12	provide in a quote	future · passive		you			with supper	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with supper=Theme
13	leave in a quote	participle						tree rules
14	repose in a quote	to-infinitive						vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	want in a quote			food				nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

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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