The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 38, sentence 88

But at last, one day, he declared seriously that he could neglect his duty no longer, and entreated her to put no further obstacles in his way, promising at the same time to return, as soon as he could, with all the magnificence due both to her and to himself.

Who acts: prince · What happens: declare, neglect, entreat, put, promise, return · To what, where: last, duty, princess, further obstacles, way

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), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 declared	cc
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 last	case
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 declared	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 last	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 day	nummod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 last	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 last	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 declared	nsubj
9	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	9 declared	advmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 neglect	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 neglect	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 neglect	aux
14	neglect	neglect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 declared	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 duty	nmod:poss
16	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 neglect	obj
17	no	no	ADV	_	18 longer	advmod
18	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 neglect	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 entreated	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 entreated	cc
21	entreated	entreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 declared	conj
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 entreated	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 put	mark
24	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 entreated	advcl
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 obstacles	det
26	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 obstacles	amod
27	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 put	obj
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 way	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 way	nmod:poss
30	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 put	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 promising	punct
32	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 put	advcl
33	at	at	ADP	_	36 time	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 time	det
35	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 time	amod
36	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 promising	obl
37	to	to	PART	_	38 return	mark
38	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 time	acl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 soon	punct
40	as	as	ADV	_	41 soon	advmod
41	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 promising	advmod
42	as	as	SCONJ	_	44 could	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 could	nsubj
44	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 soon	advcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 magnificence	punct
46	with	with	ADP	_	49 magnificence	case
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	49 magnificence	det:predet
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 magnificence	det
49	magnificence	magnificence	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 promising	obl
50	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 magnificence	amod
51	both	both	ADV	_	53 her	advmod
52	to	to	ADP	_	53 her	case
53	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 magnificence	conj
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 himself	cc
55	to	to	ADP	_	56 himself	case
56	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	53 her	conj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 declared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	prince			last		seriously property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	neglect	could	prince	prince's duty				long property	vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme
3	entreat	past	prince not said here		princess				vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
4	put	to-infinitive	prince not said here	no further obstacles		prince's way			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent obstacle=Theme in way=Destination
5	promise speech: promise	gerund	prince not said here				time	with all magnificence; soon property	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	return	to-infinitive	prince not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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