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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

auxnsubjadvmodpunctpunctnsubjparataxispunctpunctnsubjauxauxaux:passconjcasedetoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjmarkacladvmodnsubjadvclobjpunctcasensubjcopamodoblpunctrootHadAUXIPRONdoneVERBsoADV,PUNCT"PUNCTshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTwePRONmightAUXhaveAUXbeenAUXinterruptedVERBatADPanyDEThourNOUNbyADPtheDETchiefNOUNofADPtheDETeunuchsNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhasVERBtheDETrightNOUNtoPARTenterVERBwheneverADVitPRONpleasesVERBhimPRON,PUNCTwhereasSCONJthisPRONisAUXforbiddenADJgroundNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 doneaux
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 donensubj
3donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4sosoADV_3 doneadvmod
5,,PUNCT_8 saidpunct
6""PUNCT_8 saidpunct
7sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 doneparataxis
9,,PUNCT_15 interruptedpunct
10""PUNCT_15 interruptedpunct
11wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs15 interruptednsubj
12mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin15 interruptedaux
13havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf15 interruptedaux
14beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part15 interruptedaux:pass
15interruptedinterruptVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 saidconj
16atatADP_18 hourcase
17anyanyDETPronType=Ind18 hourdet
18hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing15 interruptedobl
19bybyADP_21 chiefcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 chiefdet
21chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing15 interruptedobl
22ofofADP_24 eunuchscase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 eunuchsdet
24eunuchseunuchNOUNNumber=Plur21 chiefnmod
25,,PUNCT_27 haspunct
26whowhoPRONPronType=Rel27 hasnsubj
27hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 chiefparataxis
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 rightdet
29rightrightNOUNNumber=Sing27 hasobj
30totoPART_31 entermark
31enterenterVERBVerbForm=Inf29 rightacl
32wheneverwheneverADVPronType=Rel34 pleasesadvmod
33ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 pleasesnsubj
34pleasespleaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 enteradvcl
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 pleasesobj
36,,PUNCT_41 groundpunct
37whereaswhereasSCONJ_41 groundcase
38thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem41 groundnsubj
39isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 groundcop
40forbiddenforbiddenADJDegree=Pos41 groundamod
41groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing34 pleasesobl
42..PUNCT_3 donepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · perfectItree rules
2say speech: assert in a quotepastprincessvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3interruptmight · perfect · passivethe chief of the eunuchswehourtree rules
4havepresentthe chief of the eunuchsthe rightvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
5enterto-infinitivethe chief of the eunuchs not said herethe right not said herevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6pleasepresentrightprincewhenever propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
7ispresentthiswhereas forbidden groundtree 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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