The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 75

Then he had recourse to the most celebrated physicians in the other large towns, but finding that the task was beyond their science, he finally sent messengers into the other neighbouring states, with a memorandum containing full particulars of the princess's madness, offering at the same time to pay the expenses of any physician who would come and see for himself, and a handsome reward to the one who should cure her.

Who acts: Sultan, task, memorandum, physician, one · What happens: have, celebrate, find, be, send, neighbour · To what, where: recourse, other large towns, handsome reward, messengers, other neighbouring states, full particulars · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Sultan, task, memorandum, physician), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 had	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	recourse	recourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 physicians	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 physicians	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 celebrated	advmod
8	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 physicians	amod
9	physicians	physician	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 towns	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 towns	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 towns	amod
13	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 towns	amod
14	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 finding	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 finding	cc
17	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 had	advcl
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 science	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 task	det
20	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 science	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 science	cop
22	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	24 science	case
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 science	nmod:poss
24	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 finding	ccomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 sent	punct
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 sent	nsubj
27	finally	finally	ADV	_	28 sent	advmod
28	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 science	conj
29	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 sent	obj
30	into	into	ADP	_	34 states	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 states	det
32	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 states	amod
33	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	34 states	amod
34	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 sent	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 memorandum	punct
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 memorandum	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 memorandum	det
38	memorandum	memorandum	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 states	nmod
39	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	38 memorandum	acl
40	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 particulars	amod
41	particulars	particular	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 containing	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	46 madness	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 princess	det
44	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 madness	nmod:poss
45	's	's	PART	_	44 princess	case
46	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 particulars	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 offering	punct
48	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 finding	conj
49	at	at	ADP	_	52 time	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 time	det
51	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 time	amod
52	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 offering	obl
53	to	to	PART	_	54 pay	mark
54	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 offering	advcl
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 expenses	det
56	expenses	expense	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 pay	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 physician	case
58	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	59 physician	det
59	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 expenses	nmod
60	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	62 come	nsubj
61	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 come	aux
62	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 physician	acl:relcl
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 see	cc
64	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 come	conj
65	for	for	ADP	_	66 himself	case
66	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	64 see	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 reward	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 reward	cc
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 reward	det
70	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 reward	amod
71	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 finding	obl
72	to	to	ADP	_	74 one	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 one	det
74	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 reward	nmod
75	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	77 cure	nsubj
76	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 cure	aux
77	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 one	acl:relcl
78	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 cure	obj
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Sultan	recourse	the other large towns	then	to the celebrated physicians	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient
2	celebrate	participle						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	find	gerund	Sultan not said here	a handsome reward to the one				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	the task				beyond physicians's science	tree rules
5	send	past	Sultan	messengers	the other neighbouring states with a memorandum		finally property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme
6	neighbour	gerund						tree rules
7	contain	gerund	a memorandum not said here	full particulars of the princess's madness				vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot particular=Theme
8	offer	gerund	Sultan not said here			time		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
9	pay	to-infinitive	Sultan not said here	the expenses of any physician				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expense=Asset
10	come	would	any physician					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	see	infinitive	any physician not said here				for Sultan	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
12	cure	should	the one	Princess				vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source

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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