The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 11
For some time she was too enchanted to speak, and Prince Firouz Schah took advantage of her silence to explain to her all that had occurred, his despair at watching her disappear before his very eyes, the oath he had sworn to follow her over the world, and his rapture at finally discovering her in the palace at Cashmere.
Who acts: Firouz, that, despair, princess, rapture, Prince · What happens: enchant, speak, take, explain, occur, watch · To what, where: princess, advantage, despair, oath, world, palace · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Firouz, that, despair, princess), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 enchanted | obl |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 enchanted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 enchanted | advmod |
| 7 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 speak | mark |
| 9 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 enchanted | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 took | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 took | cc |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Firouz | nmod:desc |
| 13 | Firouz | Firouz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 took | nsubj |
| 14 | Schah | Schah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Firouz | flat |
| 15 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 enchanted | parataxis |
| 16 | advantage | advantage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 took | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 silence | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 silence | nmod:poss |
| 19 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 advantage | nmod |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 explain | mark |
| 21 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 took | advcl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 her | case |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 explain | obl |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 occurred | det:predet |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 occurred | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 occurred | aux |
| 27 | occurred | occur | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 explain | ccomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 despair | punct |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 despair | nmod:poss |
| 30 | despair | despair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 occurred | obl |
| 31 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 32 watching | mark |
| 32 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 30 despair | acl |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 watching | obj |
| 34 | disappear | disappear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 watching | xcomp |
| 35 | before | before | ADP | _ | 38 eyes | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 37 | very | very | ADV | _ | 38 eyes | advmod |
| 38 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 disappear | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 oath | punct |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 oath | det |
| 41 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 despair | conj |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 sworn | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 sworn | aux |
| 44 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 41 oath | acl:relcl |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 follow | mark |
| 46 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 sworn | xcomp |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 follow | obj |
| 48 | over | over | ADP | _ | 50 world | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 world | det |
| 50 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 follow | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 rapture | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 rapture | cc |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 rapture | nmod:poss |
| 54 | rapture | rapture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 took | parataxis |
| 55 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 57 discovering | mark |
| 56 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 57 discovering | advmod |
| 57 | discovering | discover | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 54 rapture | acl |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 discovering | obj |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 palace | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 palace | det |
| 61 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 discovering | obl |
| 62 | at | at | ADP | _ | 63 Cashmere | case |
| 63 | Cashmere | Cashmere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 palace | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 enchanted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | past · passive | princess | time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | take | past | Firouz Prince | advantage of princess's silence | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | ||||
| 4 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | Firouz Prince not said here | princess | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | occur | past · perfect | that | Prince's despair and the oath | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | watch | gerund | Prince's despair and the oath not said here | princess | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | disappear | infinitive | princess not said here | before Prince's eyes | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | swear | past · perfect | Firouz | the oath not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | follow | to-infinitive | Firouz not said here | princess | the world | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme over world=Trajectory | |||
| 10 | discover | gerund | Prince's rapture not said here | princess | the palace at Cashmere | finally property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | ||
| 11 | silence | princess | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | despair | Prince | nom despair «state intransitive»: 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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