The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 7
This was done, and early the following morning, when the whole palace was wrapped in sleep, she stole up on to the roof, where the prince was already awaiting her, with his horse's head towards Persia.
Who acts: Firouz, prince · What happens: do, follow, wrap, steal up, await · To what, where: This, whole palace, sleep, roof, Firouz
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 (Firouz, 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 done | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 done | aux:pass |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 morning | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 morning | cc |
| 6 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 morning | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 morning | det |
| 8 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 morning | amod |
| 9 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 done | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 wrapped | punct |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 16 wrapped | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 palace | amod |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wrapped | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 wrapped | aux:pass |
| 16 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 done | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 sleep | case |
| 18 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wrapped | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stole | punct |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 stole | nsubj |
| 21 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 wrapped | parataxis |
| 22 | up | up | ADP | _ | 21 stole | compound:prt |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 roof | case |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 roof | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 roof | det |
| 26 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 stole | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 awaiting | punct |
| 28 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 33 awaiting | advmod |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 prince | det |
| 30 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 awaiting | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 awaiting | aux |
| 32 | already | already | ADV | _ | 33 awaiting | advmod |
| 33 | awaiting | await | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 stole | advcl |
| 34 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 awaiting | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 head | punct |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 head | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 horse | nmod:poss |
| 38 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 head | nmod:poss |
| 39 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 38 horse | case |
| 40 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 awaiting | obl |
| 41 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 42 Persia | case |
| 42 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 head | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · passive | This | morning | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | wrap | past · passive | the whole palace | sleep | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in sleep=Destination | ||||
| 4 | steal up | past | Firouz | the roof | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Location | ||||
| 5 | await | past · progressive | the prince | Firouz | with Prince's horse's head towards Persia | tree rules |
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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