The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 63
The Princess of Bengal was early awakened by the noise, but she did not for one moment imagine that it had anything to do with her, till the Sultan, arriving as soon as she was dressed to inquire after her health, informed her that the trumpet blasts she heard were part of the solemn marriage ceremonies, for which he begged her to prepare.
Who acts: noise, Princess, trumpet, arriving, Sultan · What happens: awaken, not imagine, have, do, arrive, dress · To what, where: Princess, anything, part
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 (noise, Princess, trumpet, arriving), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Princess | det |
| 2 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 awakened | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Bengal | case |
| 4 | Bengal | Bengal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Princess | nmod |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 awakened | aux:pass |
| 6 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 awakened | advmod |
| 7 | awakened | awaken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 noise | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 noise | det |
| 10 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 awakened | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 imagine | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 imagine | cc |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 imagine | nsubj |
| 14 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 imagine | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 imagine | advmod |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 moment | case |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 moment | nummod |
| 18 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 imagine | obl |
| 19 | imagine | imagine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 awakened | conj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 had | mark |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 had | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 imagine | ccomp |
| 23 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 22 had | obj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 do | mark |
| 25 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 anything | acl |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 her | case |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 do | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Sultan | punct |
| 29 | till | till | ADP | _ | 31 Sultan | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Sultan | det |
| 31 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 imagine | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 arriving | punct |
| 33 | arriving | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 55 part | csubj |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 soon | advmod |
| 35 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 33 arriving | advmod |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 dressed | mark |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 dressed | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 dressed | aux:pass |
| 39 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 soon | advcl |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 inquire | mark |
| 41 | inquire | inquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 dressed | xcomp |
| 42 | after | after | ADP | _ | 44 health | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 health | nmod:poss |
| 44 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 inquire | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 informed | punct |
| 46 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 arriving | conj |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 informed | iobj |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 blasts | mark |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 trumpet | det |
| 50 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 blasts | nsubj |
| 51 | blasts | blast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 informed | advcl |
| 52 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 heard | nsubj |
| 53 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 blasts | ccomp |
| 54 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 part | cop |
| 55 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 imagine | parataxis |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 ceremonies | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 ceremonies | det |
| 58 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 ceremonies | amod |
| 59 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 ceremonies | compound |
| 60 | ceremonies | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 part | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 begged | punct |
| 62 | for | for | ADP | _ | 63 which | case |
| 63 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 begged | obl |
| 64 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 begged | nsubj |
| 65 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 part | conj |
| 66 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 begged | obj |
| 67 | to | to | PART | _ | 68 prepare | mark |
| 68 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 65 begged | xcomp |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 awakened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awaken | past · passive | the noise | the Princess of Bengal | early property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | not imagine | past · do-support | Princess | till the Sultan; moment | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | past | noise | anything | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | ||||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | noise not said here | anything not said here | with Princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | arrive | gerund | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | dress | past · passive | Princess | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | inquire speech: other | to-infinitive | after Princess's health | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | inform speech: other | past | Princess | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||||
| 9 | blast | present | the trumpet | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | hear | past | Princess | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 11 | is a | past | arriving | part | of the solemn marriage ceremonies | tree rules | |||
| 12 | beg speech: request | past | Sultan | Princess | for part | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 13 | prepare not said to happen | to-infinitive | Sultan not said here | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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