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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 61

Prince Firouz Schah was about to protest that there was no lady with any prior claims, but he was stopped by the entrance of one of the princess's attendants, who announced that dinner was served, and, after all, neither was sorry for the interruption.

Who acts: Firouz, lady, entrance, attendants, all · What happens: be, protest, stop, announce, serve · To what, where: Firouz, dinner · 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 (Firouz, lady, entrance, attendants), 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

nmod:descnsubjflatcopmarkxcompmarkexplccompdetnsubjcasedetamodnmodpunctccnsubjaux:passparataxiscasedetoblcasenmodcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctnsubjacl:relclmarknsubj:passaux:passccomppunctccpunctcasensubjpunctcc:preconjcopconjcasedetoblpunctrootPrincePROPNFirouzPROPNSchahPROPNwasAUXaboutADJtoPARTprotestVERBthatSCONJtherePRONwasVERBnoDETladyNOUNwithADPanyDETpriorADJclaimsNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONwasAUXstoppedVERBbyADPtheDETentranceNOUNofADPoneNUMofADPtheDETprincessNOUN'sPARTattendantsNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONannouncedVERBthatSCONJdinnerNOUNwasAUXservedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTafterADPallDET,PUNCTneitherCCONJwasAUXsorryADJforADPtheDETinterruptionNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing2 Firouznmod:desc
2FirouzFirouzPROPNNumber=Sing5 aboutnsubj
3SchahSchahPROPNNumber=Sing2 Firouzflat
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 aboutcop
5aboutaboutADJDegree=Posrootroot
6totoPART_7 protestmark
7protestprotestVERBVerbForm=Inf5 aboutxcomp
8thatthatSCONJ_10 wasmark
9theretherePRONPronType=Dem10 wasexpl
10wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 protestccomp
11nonoDETPronType=Neg12 ladydet
12ladyladyNOUNNumber=Sing10 wasnsubj
13withwithADP_16 claimscase
14anyanyDETPronType=Ind16 claimsdet
15priorpriorADJDegree=Pos16 claimsamod
16claimsclaimNOUNNumber=Plur12 ladynmod
17,,PUNCT_21 stoppedpunct
18butbutCCONJ_21 stoppedcc
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 stoppednsubj
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 stoppedaux:pass
21stoppedstopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 aboutparataxis
22bybyADP_24 entrancecase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 entrancedet
24entranceentranceNOUNNumber=Sing21 stoppedobl
25ofofADP_26 onecase
26oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card24 entrancenmod
27ofofADP_31 attendantscase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 princessdet
29princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing31 attendantsnmod:poss
30's'sPART_29 princesscase
31attendantsattendantNOUNNumber=Plur26 onenmod
32,,PUNCT_34 announcedpunct
33whowhoPRONPronType=Rel34 announcednsubj
34announcedannounceVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 attendantsacl:relcl
35thatthatSCONJ_38 servedmark
36dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing38 servednsubj:pass
37wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 servedaux:pass
38servedserveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 announcedccomp
39,,PUNCT_47 sorrypunct
40andandCCONJ_47 sorrycc
41,,PUNCT_40 andpunct
42afterafterADP_43 allcase
43allallDETPronType=Tot47 sorrynsubj
44,,PUNCT_43 allpunct
45neitherneitherCCONJPolarity=Neg47 sorrycc:preconj
46wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 sorrycop
47sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos5 aboutconj
48forforADP_50 interruptioncase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 interruptiondet
50interruptioninterruptionNOUNNumber=Sing47 sorryobl
51..PUNCT_5 aboutpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastFirouz Princeabout propertytree rules
2protest speech: disagreeto-infinitiveFirouz Prince not said heretree rules
3bepastno lady with any prior claimstherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4stoppast · passivethe entrance of one of the princess's attendantsFirouzvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality
5announce speech: otherpastthe princess's attendantsvn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6servepast · passivedinnervn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
7ispastallfor the interruption; sorry propertytree 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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