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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 32

When the princess's messenger entered his room, Prince Firouz Schah was in the act of leaving it, to inquire if he might be allowed to pay his homage to her mistress: but on hearing the princess's wishes, he at once gave way. "

Who acts: messenger, Firouz, act, room, princess · What happens: enter, be, leave, inquire, allow, pay · To what, where: room, act, Firouz, homage, wishes, way

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 (messenger, Firouz, act, room), 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

advmoddetnmod:posscasensubjadvclnmod:possobjpunctnmod:descnsubjflatcopcasedetmarkaclobjpunctmarkxcompmarknsubj:passauxaux:passadvclmarkxcompnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccmarkadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctnsubjmarkadvmodparataxisobjpunctpunctrootWhenADVtheDETprincessNOUN'sPARTmessengerNOUNenteredVERBhisPRONroomNOUN,PUNCTPrincePROPNFirouzPROPNSchahPROPNwasAUXinADPtheDETactNOUNofSCONJleavingVERBitPRON,PUNCTtoPARTinquireVERBifSCONJhePRONmightAUXbeAUXallowedVERBtoPARTpayVERBhisPRONhomageNOUNtoADPherPRONmistressNOUN:PUNCTbutCCONJonSCONJhearingVERBtheDETprincessNOUN'sPARTwishesNOUN,PUNCThePRONatSCONJonceADVgaveVERBwayNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int6 enteredadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 princessdet
3princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing5 messengernmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 princesscase
5messengermessengerNOUNNumber=Sing6 enterednsubj
6enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 actadvcl
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 roomnmod:poss
8roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing6 enteredobj
9,,PUNCT_6 enteredpunct
10PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing11 Firouznmod:desc
11FirouzFirouzPROPNNumber=Sing16 actnsubj
12SchahSchahPROPNNumber=Sing11 Firouzflat
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 actcop
14ininADP_16 actcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 actdet
16actactNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
17ofofSCONJ_18 leavingmark
18leavingleaveVERBVerbForm=Ger16 actacl
19ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 leavingobj
20,,PUNCT_22 inquirepunct
21totoPART_22 inquiremark
22inquireinquireVERBVerbForm=Inf18 leavingxcomp
23ififSCONJ_27 allowedmark
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 allowednsubj:pass
25mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin27 allowedaux
26bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf27 allowedaux:pass
27allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass22 inquireadvcl
28totoPART_29 paymark
29paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf27 allowedxcomp
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 homagenmod:poss
31homagehomageNOUNNumber=Sing29 payobj
32totoADP_34 mistresscase
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 mistressnmod:poss
34mistressmistressNOUNNumber=Sing29 payobl
35::PUNCT_47 gavepunct
36butbutCCONJ_47 gavecc
37ononSCONJ_38 hearingmark
38hearinghearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part47 gaveadvcl
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 princessdet
40princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing42 wishesnmod:poss
41's'sPART_40 princesscase
42wisheswishNOUNNumber=Plur38 hearingobj
43,,PUNCT_38 hearingpunct
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 gavensubj
45atatSCONJ_47 gavemark
46onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult47 gaveadvmod
47gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 actparataxis
48waywayNOUNNumber=Sing47 gaveobj
49..PUNCT_16 actpunct
50""PUNCT_16 actpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enterpastthe princess's messengermessenger's roomvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination
2ispastFirouz Princethe acttree rules
3leavegerundthe act not said hereroomtree rules
4inquire speech: otherto-infinitiveroom not said herevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5allow a condition, not said to happenmight · passiveFirouzvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
6pay not said to happento-infinitiveFirouz not said hereprince's homageto princess's mistressvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Asset
7heargerundFirouz not said herethe princess's wishesvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wish=Stimulus
8givepastFirouzwayonce propertyvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
9wishthe princessnom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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