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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 39

The sight of the prince showed the doorkeeper of what folly he had been guilty, and flinging himself at his master's feet, implored his pardon. "

Who acts: sight, folly, Sultan · What happens: show, be, fling, implore, sight, pardon · To what, where: doorkeeper, sight, feet, pardon, prince

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sight, folly, Sultan), 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

detnsubjcasedetnmoddetobjcasenmodnsubjnsubjauxcopacl:relclpunctccadvclobjcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctparataxisnmod:possobjpunctpunctrootTheDETsightNOUNofADPtheDETprinceNOUNshowedVERBtheDETdoorkeeperNOUNofADPwhatPRONfollyNOUNhePRONhadAUXbeenAUXguiltyADJ,PUNCTandCCONJflingingVERBhimselfPRONatADPhisPRONmasterNOUN'sPARTfeetNOUN,PUNCTimploredVERBhisPRONpardonNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 sightdet
2sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing6 showednsubj
3ofofADP_5 princecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 princedet
5princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing2 sightnmod
6showedshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 doorkeeperdet
8doorkeeperdoorkeeperNOUNNumber=Sing6 showedobj
9ofofADP_10 whatcase
10whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel8 doorkeepernmod
11follyfollyNOUNNumber=Sing15 guiltynsubj
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 guiltynsubj
13hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 guiltyaux
14beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part15 guiltycop
15guiltyguiltyADJDegree=Pos10 whatacl:relcl
16,,PUNCT_18 flingingpunct
17andandCCONJ_18 flingingcc
18flingingflingVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 showedadvcl
19himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes18 flingingobj
20atatADP_24 feetcase
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 masternmod:poss
22mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing24 feetnmod:poss
23's'sPART_22 mastercase
24feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur18 flingingobl
25,,PUNCT_26 imploredpunct
26imploredimploreVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 showedparataxis
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 pardonnmod:poss
28pardonpardonNOUNNumber=Sing26 imploredobj
29..PUNCT_26 imploredpunct
30""PUNCT_26 imploredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpastthe sight of the princethe doorkeepervn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doorkeeper=Recipient
2ispast · perfectfollyguilty propertytree rules
3flinggerundthe sight of the prince not said heresightSultan's master's feetvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination
4implorepastSultan's pardonvn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
5sightthe princenom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient
6pardonSultannom pardon «act transitive»: 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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