The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 34
In a few moments the princess herself appeared, and after the usual compliments had passed between them, the princess sat down on a sofa, and began to explain to the prince her reasons for not giving him an audience in her own apartments. "
Who acts: princess · What happens: appear, pass, sit down, begin, explain, not give · To what, where: sofa, reasons, prince, audience, own apartments
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), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 moments | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 moments | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 moments | amod |
| 4 | moments | moment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 appeared | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 appeared | nsubj |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 appeared | nsubj |
| 8 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 passed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 passed | cc |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 compliments | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 compliments | det |
| 13 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 compliments | amod |
| 14 | compliments | compliment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 passed | obl |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 passed | aux |
| 16 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 appeared | advcl |
| 17 | between | between | ADP | _ | 18 them | case |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 passed | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sat | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 princess | det |
| 21 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sat | nsubj |
| 22 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 appeared | conj |
| 23 | down | down | ADP | _ | 22 sat | compound:prt |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 sofa | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 sofa | det |
| 26 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sat | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 began | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 began | cc |
| 29 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 appeared | conj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 explain | mark |
| 31 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 began | xcomp |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 prince | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 prince | det |
| 34 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 explain | obl |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 reasons | nmod:poss |
| 36 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 explain | obj |
| 37 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 39 giving | mark |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 giving | advmod |
| 39 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 explain | advcl |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 giving | iobj |
| 41 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 audience | det |
| 42 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 giving | obj |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 apartments | case |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 apartments | nmod:poss |
| 45 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 apartments | amod |
| 46 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 giving | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 appeared | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 appeared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | the princess | moment | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pass | past · perfect | the princess not said here | after the usual compliments | between compliments = compliment | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between they=Location | |||
| 3 | sit down | past | the princess | a sofa | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sofa=Location | ||||
| 4 | begin | past | the princess not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | princess's reasons | the prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent reason=Topic to prince=Recipient | |||
| 6 | not give | gerund | the princess not said here | a audience | prince | princess's own apartments | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient audience=Theme |
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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