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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 4, sentence 123

This frightened the fisherman, but the genius laughed and said, "Do not be afraid; I only did it to frighten you, and to show you that I intend to keep my word; take your nets and follow me."

Who acts: This, genius, my · What happens: frighten, laugh, say, not be, do, show · To what, where: fisherman, form, you, word, nets, genius · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, genius, my), 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

nsubjdetobjpunctccdetnsubjconjccconjpunctpunctauxadvmodcopccomppunctnsubjadvmodconjobjmarkadvclobjpunctccmarkadvcliobjmarknsubjccompmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctparataxisnmod:possobjccconjobjpunctpunctrootThisPRONfrightenedVERBtheDETfishermanNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETgeniusNOUNlaughedVERBandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTDoAUXnotPARTbeAUXafraidADJ;PUNCTIPRONonlyADVdidVERBitPRONtoPARTfrightenVERByouPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTshowVERByouPRONthatSCONJIPRONintendVERBtoPARTkeepVERBmyPRONwordNOUN;PUNCTtakeVERByourPRONnetsNOUNandCCONJfollowVERBmePRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 frightenednsubj
2frightenedfrightenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 fishermandet
4fishermanfishermanNOUNNumber=Sing2 frightenedobj
5,,PUNCT_9 laughedpunct
6butbutCCONJ_9 laughedcc
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 geniusdet
8geniusgeniusNOUNNumber=Sing9 laughednsubj
9laughedlaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 frightenedconj
10andandCCONJ_11 saidcc
11saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 laughedconj
12,,PUNCT_17 afraidpunct
13""PUNCT_17 afraidpunct
14DodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin17 afraidaux
15notnotPARTPolarity=Neg17 afraidadvmod
16bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf17 afraidcop
17afraidafraidADJDegree=Pos11 saidccomp
18;;PUNCT_21 didpunct
19IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs21 didnsubj
20onlyonlyADV_21 didadvmod
21diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 frightenedconj
22ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 didobj
23totoPART_24 frightenmark
24frightenfrightenVERBVerbForm=Inf21 didadvcl
25youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs24 frightenobj
26,,PUNCT_39 takepunct
27andandCCONJ_39 takecc
28totoPART_29 showmark
29showshowVERBVerbForm=Inf39 takeadvcl
30youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs29 showiobj
31thatthatSCONJ_33 intendmark
32IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs33 intendnsubj
33intendintendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 showccomp
34totoPART_35 keepmark
35keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf33 intendxcomp
36mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 wordnmod:poss
37wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing35 keepobj
38;;PUNCT_39 takepunct
39taketakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 frightenedparataxis
40youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 netsnmod:poss
41netsnetNOUNNumber=Plur39 takeobj
42andandCCONJ_43 followcc
43followfollowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin39 takeconj
44meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs43 followobj
45..PUNCT_39 takepunct
46""PUNCT_39 takepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1frightenpastThisthe fishermantree rules
2laughpastthe geniusvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3say speech: assertpastthe genius not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4not is in a quoteinfinitive · do-supportafraid propertytree rules
5do in a quotepastthe genius = geniusformvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
6frighten in a quoteto-infinitivethe genius = genius not said hereyouvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
7show in a quoteto-infinitiveyouvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
8intend in a quotepresentthe genius = geniusvn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9keep not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitivethe genius = genius not said heremy wordvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
10take in a quoteinfinitiveyour netsvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme
11follow in a quoteinfinitivethe genius = geniusvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
12word in a quotemynom word «communication 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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