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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

punctadvmoddetamodnsubjpunctpunctdetobjcasedetnmodpunctpunctauxadvcldetobjcasedetnmodpunctnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctpunctccadvmodpunctnsubjpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjcaseoblpunctccnsubjauxccompobjcasedetoblpunctmarkfixednsubjparataxismarkdetnsubjccompadvmodnsubj:passauxccompdetobjpunctpunctroot"PUNCTWhenADVtheDETGreekADJkingNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTsaidVERBtheDETfishermanNOUNtoADPtheDETgeniusNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCThadAUXfinishedVERBtheDETstoryNOUNofADPtheDETparrotNOUN,PUNCThePRONaddedVERBtoADPtheDETvizirNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTAndCCONJsoADV,PUNCTvizirNOUN,PUNCTIPRONshallAUXnotPARTlistenVERBtoADPyouPRON,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONshallAUXtakeVERBcareNOUNofADPtheDETphysicianNOUN,PUNCTinSCONJcaseNOUNIPRONrepentVERBasSCONJtheDEThusbandNOUNdidVERBwhenADVhePRONhadAUXkilledVERBtheDETparrotNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_8 saidpunct
2WhenwhenADVPronType=Int8 saidadvmod
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 kingdet
4GreekGreekADJDegree=Pos5 kingamod
5kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing8 saidnsubj
6,,PUNCT_5 kingpunct
7""PUNCT_5 kingpunct
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 fishermandet
10fishermanfishermanNOUNNumber=Sing8 saidobj
11totoADP_13 geniuscase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 geniusdet
13geniusgeniusNOUNNumber=Sing10 fishermannmod
14,,PUNCT_17 finishedpunct
15""PUNCT_17 finishedpunct
16hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 finishedaux
17finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 saidadvcl
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 storydet
19storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing17 finishedobj
20ofofADP_22 parrotcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 parrotdet
22parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Sing19 storynmod
23,,PUNCT_25 addedpunct
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 addednsubj
25addedaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidconj
26totoADP_28 vizircase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 vizirdet
28vizirvizirNOUNNumber=Sing25 addedobl
29,,PUNCT_28 vizirpunct
30""PUNCT_28 vizirpunct
31AndandCCONJ_39 listencc
32sosoADV_39 listenadvmod
33,,PUNCT_34 vizirpunct
34vizirvizirNOUNNumber=Sing39 listennsubj
35,,PUNCT_34 vizirpunct
36IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 listennsubj
37shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin39 listenaux
38notnotPARTPolarity=Neg39 listenadvmod
39listenlistenVERBVerbForm=Inf25 addedconj
40totoADP_41 youcase
41youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs39 listenobl
42,,PUNCT_46 takepunct
43andandCCONJ_46 takecc
44IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs46 takensubj
45shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin46 takeaux
46taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 saidccomp
47carecareNOUNNumber=Sing46 takeobj
48ofofADP_50 physiciancase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 physiciandet
50physicianphysicianNOUNNumber=Sing46 takeobl
51,,PUNCT_55 repentpunct
52ininSCONJExtPos=SCONJ55 repentmark
53casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing52 infixed
54IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs55 repentnsubj
55repentrepentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin46 takeparataxis
56asasSCONJ_59 didmark
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 husbanddet
58husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing59 didnsubj
59diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 repentccomp
60whenwhenADVPronType=Int63 killedadvmod
61hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs63 killednsubj:pass
62hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin63 killedaux
63killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass59 didccomp
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 parrotdet
65parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Sing63 killedobj
66..PUNCT_46 takepunct
67""PUNCT_46 takepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastthe Greek kingthe fishermanto the geniustree rules
2finish in a quotepast · perfectthe Greek king not said herethe story of the parrotvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality
3add speech: assert in a quotepastkingto the vizirvn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to vizir=Co-Patient
4not listenshallviziryouvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to you=Theme
5takeshallIcareof the physicianvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of physician=Initial_Location
6repentpresentItree rules
7dopastthe husbandtree rules
8killpast · perfect · passiveHusbandvn 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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