The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 35
Had I done so," she said, "we might have been interrupted at any hour by the chief of the eunuchs, who has the right to enter whenever it pleases him, whereas this is forbidden ground.
Who acts: I, princess, chief, right, this · What happens: do, say, interrupt, have, enter, please · To what, where: we, right, prince · 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 (I, princess, chief, right), 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 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 done | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 done | nsubj |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 done | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 done | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 interrupted | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 interrupted | punct |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 interrupted | nsubj |
| 12 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 interrupted | aux |
| 13 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 interrupted | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 interrupted | aux:pass |
| 15 | interrupted | interrupt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 said | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 hour | case |
| 17 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 hour | det |
| 18 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 interrupted | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 chief | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 chief | det |
| 21 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 interrupted | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 eunuchs | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 eunuchs | det |
| 24 | eunuchs | eunuch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 chief | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 has | punct |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 has | nsubj |
| 27 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 chief | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 right | det |
| 29 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 has | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 enter | mark |
| 31 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 right | acl |
| 32 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 34 pleases | advmod |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 pleases | nsubj |
| 34 | pleases | please | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 enter | advcl |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 pleases | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 ground | punct |
| 37 | whereas | whereas | SCONJ | _ | 41 ground | case |
| 38 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 ground | nsubj |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 ground | cop |
| 40 | forbidden | forbidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 ground | amod |
| 41 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 pleases | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | interrupt | might · perfect · passive | the chief of the eunuchs | we | hour | tree rules | |||
| 4 | have | present | the chief of the eunuchs | the right | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | ||||
| 5 | enter | to-infinitive | the chief of the eunuchs not said here | the right not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | please | present | right | prince | whenever property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | is | present | this | whereas forbidden ground | tree rules |
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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