The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 4, sentence 31
"When the Greek king," said the fisherman to the genius, "had finished the story of the parrot, he added to the vizir, "And so, vizir, I shall not listen to you, and I shall take care of the physician, in case I repent as the husband did when he had killed the parrot."
Who acts: Greek king, king, vizir, I, husband · What happens: say, finish, add, not listen, take, repent · To what, where: fisherman, story, you, care, Husband · 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 (Greek king, king, vizir, I), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 2 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 said | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 4 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 king | amod |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 king | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 king | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fisherman | det |
| 10 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 genius | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 genius | det |
| 13 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fisherman | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 finished | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 finished | punct |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 finished | aux |
| 17 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 said | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 story | det |
| 19 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 finished | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 parrot | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 parrot | det |
| 22 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 story | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 added | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 added | nsubj |
| 25 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | conj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 vizir | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 vizir | det |
| 28 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 added | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 vizir | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 vizir | punct |
| 31 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 listen | cc |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 listen | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 vizir | punct |
| 34 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 listen | nsubj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 vizir | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 listen | nsubj |
| 37 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 listen | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 listen | advmod |
| 39 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 added | conj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 you | case |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 listen | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 take | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 take | cc |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 take | nsubj |
| 45 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 take | aux |
| 46 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 47 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 take | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 physician | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 physician | det |
| 50 | physician | physician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 take | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 repent | punct |
| 52 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 55 repent | mark |
| 53 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 in | fixed |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 repent | nsubj |
| 55 | repent | repent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 take | parataxis |
| 56 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 59 did | mark |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 husband | det |
| 58 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 did | nsubj |
| 59 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 repent | ccomp |
| 60 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 63 killed | advmod |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 62 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 killed | aux |
| 63 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 59 did | ccomp |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 parrot | det |
| 65 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 killed | obj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 take | punct |
| 67 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Greek king | the fisherman | to the genius | tree rules | |||
| 2 | finish in a quote | past · perfect | the Greek king not said here | the story of the parrot | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | add speech: assert in a quote | past | king | to the vizir | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to vizir=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | not listen | shall | vizir | you | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to you=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take | shall | I | care | of the physician | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of physician=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | repent | present | I | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | do | past | the husband | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | kill | past · perfect · passive | Husband | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer parrot=Result |
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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