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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 13

It needed but a few words from the princess to make him acquainted with the whole situation, and how she had been forced to play the part of a mad woman in order to escape from a marriage with the Sultan, who had not had sufficient politeness even to ask her consent.

Who acts: devise, Prince, princess, marriage · What happens: need, make, acquaint, force, play, escape · To what, where: few words, Prince, princess, part, marriage, sufficient politeness

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 (devise, Prince, princess, marriage), 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

nsubjccdetamodobjcasedetnmodmarkadvclobjxcompcasedetamodoblpunctccadvmodnsubj:passauxaux:passparataxismarkxcompdetobjcasedetamodnmodmarkfixedmarkadvclcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjamodobjadvmodmarkparataxisnmod:possobjpunctrootItPRONneededVERBbutCCONJaDETfewADJwordsNOUNfromADPtheDETprincessNOUNtoPARTmakeVERBhimPRONacquaintedVERBwithADPtheDETwholeADJsituationNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhowADVshePRONhadAUXbeenAUXforcedVERBtoPARTplayVERBtheDETpartNOUNofADPaDETmadADJwomanNOUNinSCONJorderNOUNtoPARTescapeVERBfromADPaDETmarriageNOUNwithADPtheDETSultanPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXnotPARThadVERBsufficientADJpolitenessNOUNevenADVtoPARTaskVERBherPRONconsentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 needednsubj
2neededneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3butbutCCONJ_6 wordscc
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 wordsdet
5fewfewADJDegree=Pos6 wordsamod
6wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur2 neededobj
7fromfromADP_9 princesscase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 princessdet
9princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing6 wordsnmod
10totoPART_11 makemark
11makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf2 neededadvcl
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 makeobj
13acquaintedacquaintVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 makexcomp
14withwithADP_17 situationcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 situationdet
16wholewholeADJDegree=Pos17 situationamod
17situationsituationNOUNNumber=Sing13 acquaintedobl
18,,PUNCT_24 forcedpunct
19andandCCONJ_24 forcedcc
20howhowADVPronType=Int24 forcedadvmod
21sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 forcednsubj:pass
22hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 forcedaux
23beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part24 forcedaux:pass
24forcedforceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 neededparataxis
25totoPART_26 playmark
26playplayVERBVerbForm=Inf24 forcedxcomp
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 partdet
28partpartNOUNNumber=Sing26 playobj
29ofofADP_32 womancase
30aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 womandet
31madmadADJDegree=Pos32 womanamod
32womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing28 partnmod
33ininSCONJExtPos=SCONJ36 escapemark
34orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing33 infixed
35totoPART_36 escapemark
36escapeescapeVERBVerbForm=Inf26 playadvcl
37fromfromADP_39 marriagecase
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 marriagedet
39marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing36 escapeobl
40withwithADP_42 Sultancase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 Sultandet
42SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing39 marriagenmod
43,,PUNCT_47 hadpunct
44whowhoPRONPronType=Rel47 hadnsubj
45hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 hadaux
46notnotPARTPolarity=Neg47 hadadvmod
47hadhaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part39 marriageconj
48sufficientsufficientADJDegree=Pos49 politenessamod
49politenesspolitenessNOUNNumber=Sing47 hadobj
50evenevenADV_52 askadvmod
51totoPART_52 askmark
52askaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin47 hadparataxis
53herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 consentnmod:poss
54consentconsentNOUNNumber=Sing52 askobj
55..PUNCT_2 neededpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpastdevisea few wordsfrom the princessvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme
2maketo-infinitivedevise not said herePrincetree rules
3acquaint speech: otherparticiplePrince not said herewith the whole situationvn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
4forcepast · perfect · passiveprincessvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
5playto-infinitiveprincess not said herethe part of a mad womanvn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
6escapeto-infinitiveprincess not said herea marriage with the Sultanvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from marriage=Initial_Location
7not havepast · perfecta marriage with the Sultansufficient politenessvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent politeness=Patient
8ask speech: askto-infinitiveprincess's consentvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient
9consentprincessnom consent «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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