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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 84

My father has always informed me that in my marriage I shall be left quite free, but I am persuaded that I have only to describe your generosity, for my wishes to become his own."

Who acts: father, I, wishes, my · What happens: inform, leave, persuade, have, describe, become · To what, where: me, I, marriage, generosity · 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 (father, I, wishes, my), 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:possnsubjauxadvmodiobjmarkcasenmod:possoblnsubjauxaux:passccompadvmodxcomppunctccnsubjaux:passconjmarknsubjadvcladvmodmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctmarknmod:possnsubjmarkadvclnmod:possxcomppunctpunctrootMyPRONfatherNOUNhasAUXalwaysADVinformedVERBmePRONthatSCONJinADPmyPRONmarriageNOUNIPRONshallAUXbeAUXleftVERBquiteADVfreeADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONamAUXpersuadedVERBthatSCONJIPRONhaveVERBonlyADVtoPARTdescribeVERByourPRONgenerosityNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJmyPRONwishesNOUNtoPARTbecomeVERBhisPRONownADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 fathernmod:poss
2fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing5 informednsubj
3hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 informedaux
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 informedadvmod
5informedinformVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 informediobj
7thatthatSCONJ_14 leftmark
8ininADP_10 marriagecase
9mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 marriagenmod:poss
10marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing14 leftobl
11IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 leftnsubj
12shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin14 leftaux
13bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf14 leftaux:pass
14leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 informedccomp
15quitequiteADV_16 freeadvmod
16freefreeADJDegree=Pos14 leftxcomp
17,,PUNCT_21 persuadedpunct
18butbutCCONJ_21 persuadedcc
19IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs21 persuadednsubj
20ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 persuadedaux:pass
21persuadedpersuadeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 informedconj
22thatthatSCONJ_24 havemark
23IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 havensubj
24havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 persuadedadvcl
25onlyonlyADV_27 describeadvmod
26totoPART_27 describemark
27describedescribeVERBVerbForm=Inf24 havexcomp
28youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 generositynmod:poss
29generositygenerosityNOUNNumber=Sing27 describeobj
30,,PUNCT_35 becomepunct
31forforSCONJ_35 becomemark
32mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 wishesnmod:poss
33wisheswishNOUNNumber=Plur35 becomensubj
34totoPART_35 becomemark
35becomebecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf21 persuadedadvcl
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 ownnmod:poss
37ownownADJDegree=Pos35 becomexcomp
38..PUNCT_5 informedpunct
39""PUNCT_5 informedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1inform speech: otherpresent · perfectMy fathermealways propertyvn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2leaveshall · passiveImy marriagefree propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in marriage=Location
3persuadepresent · passiveIvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4havepresentItree rules
5describeto-infinitiveI not said hereyour generosityvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent generosity=Theme
6becometo-infinitivemy wishesown propertyvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7marrymynom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent
8wishmynom wish «feeling 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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