The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 26

These flattering observations were by no means displeasing to the princess, but as she did not wish to betray her own feelings she merely said, "You are all a set of chatterboxes; go back to bed, and let me sleep."

Who acts: flattering observations, princess, You · What happens: be, displease, not wish, betray, say, go back · To what, where: own feelings, set, princess · 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 (flattering observations, princess, 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	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 observations	det
2	flattering	flattering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 observations	amod
3	observations	observation	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 means	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	cop
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 means	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	displeasing	displease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 means	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 princess	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 displeasing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wish	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 wish	cc
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 wish	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 wish	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 wish	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 wish	advmod
18	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 means	ccomp
19	to	to	PART	_	20 betray	mark
20	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wish	xcomp
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 feelings	nmod:poss
22	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 feelings	amod
23	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 betray	obj
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 said	nsubj
25	merely	merely	ADV	_	26 said	advmod
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 feelings	acl:relcl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 set	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	33 set	punct
29	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 set	nsubj
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 set	cop
31	all	all	ADV	_	33 set	advmod
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 set	det
33	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 said	ccomp
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 chatterboxes	case
35	chatterboxes	chatterbox	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 set	nmod
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 go	punct
37	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
38	back	back	ADV	_	37 go	advmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 bed	case
40	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 go	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 let	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 let	cc
43	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	37 go	conj
44	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 let	obj
45	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 let	xcomp
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	37 go	punct
47	"	"	PUNCT	_	37 go	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	this flattering observations		mean property	tree rules
2	displease not said to happen	gerund	this flattering observations not said here		to the princess	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	not wish	past · do-support	princess			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	betray not said to happen	to-infinitive	princess not said here	princess's own feelings		tree rules
5	say speech: assert	past	princess	princess's own feelings not said here	merely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent feeling=Topic
6	is a in a quote	present	You	a set	of chatterboxes; all property	tree rules
7	go back in a quote	infinitive			to bed result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result
8	let in a quote	infinitive		princess		tree rules
9	sleep in a quote	infinitive	princess not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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