The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 39, sentence 81

He then lost no time in going to the palace, where he obtained an audience of the chief usher, and while apologising for his boldness in presuming to think that he could cure the princess, where so many others had failed, declared that he had the secret of certain remedies, which had hitherto never failed of their effect.

Who acts: rest, time, many others, certain remedies, others · What happens: lose, go, obtain, apologise, presume, think · To what, where: palace, audience, princess, secret · 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 (rest, time, many others, certain remedies), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 lost	advmod
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 going	mark
7	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 time	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 palace	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 palace	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 obtained	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 obtained	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 obtained	nsubj
14	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 palace	acl:relcl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 audience	det
16	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obtained	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 usher	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 usher	det
19	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 usher	amod
20	usher	usher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 audience	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 declared	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 declared	cc
23	while	while	SCONJ	_	24 apologising	mark
24	apologising	apologise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 declared	advcl
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 boldness	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 boldness	nmod:poss
27	boldness	boldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 apologising	obl
28	in	in	SCONJ	_	29 presuming	mark
29	presuming	presume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 apologising	advcl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 think	mark
31	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 presuming	xcomp
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 cure	mark
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 cure	nsubj
34	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 cure	aux
35	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 think	ccomp
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 princess	det
37	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 cure	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 failed	punct
39	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	44 failed	advmod
40	so	so	ADV	_	41 many	advmod
41	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 others	amod
42	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 failed	nsubj
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 failed	aux
44	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 princess	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 apologising	punct
46	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj
47	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 had	mark
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 had	nsubj
49	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 declared	ccomp
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 secret	det
51	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 had	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 remedies	case
53	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 remedies	amod
54	remedies	remedy	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 secret	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 had	punct
56	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 had	nsubj
57	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 remedies	acl:relcl
58	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	60 failed	advmod
59	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	60 failed	advmod
60	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 had	ccomp
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 effect	case
62	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 effect	nmod:poss
63	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 failed	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	rest			then; time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	gerund	no time not said here		the palace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location
3	obtain	past	rest	a audience of the chief usher				vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Theme
4	apologise speech: apologize	gerund					for rest's boldness	tree rules
5	presume	gerund						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	think speech: other	to-infinitive						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	cure	could	rest	the princess				vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer princess=Source
8	fail	past · perfect	many others					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	declare speech: other	past	rest not said here					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	have	past	rest	the secret of certain remedies				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient
11	have	past	certain remedies					tree rules
12	not fail	past	certain remedies not said here				of others's effect; hitherto property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	effect		others = other					nom effect «phenomenon 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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