The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 10
At the sound of his voice, the Princess of Bengal suddenly grew calm, and an expression of joy overspread her face, such as only comes when what we wish for most and expect the least suddenly happens to us.
Who acts: Princess, expression, face, we · What happens: grow, overspread, come, wish, expect, happen · To what, where: sound, face, us
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, expression, face, we), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 sound | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sound | det |
| 3 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grew | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 voice | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 voice | nmod:poss |
| 6 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sound | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sound | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 9 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 grew | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Bengal | case |
| 11 | Bengal | Bengal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Princess | nmod |
| 12 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 13 grew | advmod |
| 13 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 grew | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 overspread | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 overspread | cc |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 expression | det |
| 18 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 overspread | nsubj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 joy | case |
| 20 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 expression | nmod |
| 21 | overspread | overspread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 grew | conj |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 face | nmod:poss |
| 23 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 overspread | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 comes | punct |
| 25 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ | 28 comes | mark |
| 26 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 such | fixed |
| 27 | only | only | ADV | _ | 28 comes | advmod |
| 28 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 face | acl:relcl |
| 29 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 32 wish | mark |
| 30 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 32 wish | obj |
| 31 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 wish | nsubj |
| 32 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 comes | ccomp |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 most | case |
| 34 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 32 wish | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 expect | cc |
| 36 | expect | expect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 wish | conj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 least | det |
| 38 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 suddenly | obl |
| 39 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 40 happens | advmod |
| 40 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 expect | advcl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 us | case |
| 42 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 happens | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | the Princess of Bengal | the sound of Prince's voice | calm, suddenly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sound=Location | |||
| 2 | overspread | past | a expression of joy | princess's face | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come | present | princess's face not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | wish | present | we | for most | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ||||
| 5 | expect | infinitive | we not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | happen | present | we not said here | us | suddenly property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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