The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 28
For," she said to herself, "if my appearance was not displeasing to the prince when he saw me in the condition I was, how much more will he be struck with me when he beholds me with all my charms."
Who acts: princess, appearance · What happens: say, not displease, see, strike, behold · To what, where: princess, me, condition, appearance · 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 (princess, appearance), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 said | mark |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 For | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 herself | case |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 said | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 displeasing | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 displeasing | punct |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 displeasing | mark |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 12 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 displeasing | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 displeasing | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 displeasing | advmod |
| 15 | displeasing | displease | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | ccomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 prince | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 prince | det |
| 18 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 displeasing | obl |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 saw | advmod |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 saw | nsubj |
| 21 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 displeasing | advcl |
| 22 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 saw | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 condition | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 condition | det |
| 25 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 saw | obl |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 was | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 condition | acl:relcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 struck | punct |
| 29 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 much | advmod |
| 30 | much | much | ADV | _ | 31 more | advmod |
| 31 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 35 struck | advmod |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 struck | aux |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 struck | nsubj |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 struck | aux:pass |
| 35 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 saw | conj |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 me | case |
| 37 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 struck | obl |
| 38 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 40 beholds | advmod |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 beholds | nsubj |
| 40 | beholds | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 struck | advcl |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 beholds | obj |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 charms | case |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 charms | det:predet |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 charms | nmod:poss |
| 45 | charms | charm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 beholds | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 displeasing | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 displeasing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | princess | princess | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not displease a condition, not said to happen | past · progressive | my appearance | to the prince | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | see | past | appearance | me | the condition | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | strike | future · passive | appearance | with me | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with i=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | behold | present | appearance | me | with my charms | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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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