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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 70

"Madame," he said, "by taking advantage of your proposal to visit the palace of the King of Bengal, I should satisfy not merely my curiosity, but also the sentiments of respect with which I regard him.

Who acts: prince, your · What happens: say, take, visit, not satisfy, regard, propose · To what, where: advantage, palace, curiosity, 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 (prince, your), 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

punctccomppunctpunctnsubjpunctpunctmarkccompobjcasenmod:possnmodmarkadvcldetobjcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctnsubjauxconjadvmodadvmodnmod:possobjpunctccadvmoddetoblcasenmodcaseoblnsubjacl:relclobjpunctroot"PUNCTMadameNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCThePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTbySCONJtakingVERBadvantageNOUNofADPyourPRONproposalNOUNtoPARTvisitVERBtheDETpalaceNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPBengalPROPN,PUNCTIPRONshouldAUXsatisfyVERBnotPARTmerelyADVmyPRONcuriosityNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJalsoADVtheDETsentimentsNOUNofADPrespectNOUNwithADPwhichPRONIPRONregardVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_2 Madamepunct
2MadamemadameNOUNNumber=Sing6 saidccomp
3,,PUNCT_2 Madamepunct
4""PUNCT_2 Madamepunct
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 saidnsubj
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7,,PUNCT_10 takingpunct
8""PUNCT_10 takingpunct
9bybySCONJ_10 takingmark
10takingtakeVERBVerbForm=Ger6 saidccomp
11advantageadvantageNOUNNumber=Sing10 takingobj
12ofofADP_14 proposalcase
13youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 proposalnmod:poss
14proposalproposalNOUNNumber=Sing11 advantagenmod
15totoPART_16 visitmark
16visitvisitVERBVerbForm=Inf10 takingadvcl
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 palacedet
18palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing16 visitobj
19ofofADP_21 Kingcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 Kingdet
21KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing18 palacenmod
22ofofADP_23 Bengalcase
23BengalBengalPROPNNumber=Sing21 Kingnmod
24,,PUNCT_27 satisfypunct
25IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs27 satisfynsubj
26shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin27 satisfyaux
27satisfysatisfyVERBVerbForm=Inf6 saidconj
28notnotPARTPolarity=Neg27 satisfyadvmod
29merelymerelyADV_31 curiosityadvmod
30mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 curiositynmod:poss
31curiositycuriosityNOUNNumber=Sing27 satisfyobj
32,,PUNCT_36 sentimentspunct
33butbutCCONJ_36 sentimentscc
34alsoalsoADV_36 sentimentsadvmod
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 sentimentsdet
36sentimentssentimentNOUNNumber=Plur27 satisfyobl
37ofofADP_38 respectcase
38respectrespectNOUNNumber=Sing36 sentimentsnmod
39withwithADP_40 whichcase
40whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel42 regardobl
41IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs42 regardnsubj
42regardregardVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 respectacl:relcl
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 regardobj
44..PUNCT_6 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastprincevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2take in a quotegerundadvantage of your proposalvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme
3visit in a quoteto-infinitivethe palace of the King of Bengalvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Co-Agent
4not satisfy in a quoteshouldprincemy curiositythe sentiments of respect oblvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus curiosity=Experiencer
5regard in a quotepresentprinceprincewith respectvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
6propose in a quoteyournom proposal «communication 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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