The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 37

Springing lightly up behind the lady, he leaned forward and turned the peg, and as the horse darted up into the air, he cried aloud so that his words were heard by all present, "Sultan of Cashmere, when you wish to marry princesses who have sought your protection, learn first to gain their consent."

Who acts: horse, present, you, princesses, your, words · What happens: spring, learn, turn, dart up, cry, hear · To what, where: peg, air, words, princesses, protection, consent · 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 (horse, present, you, princesses), 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	Springing	spring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 leaned	advcl
2	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	3 up	advmod
3	up	up	ADV	_	1 Springing	advmod
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 lady	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Springing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Springing	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 leaned	nsubj
9	leaned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	forward	forward	ADV	_	9 leaned	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 turned	cc
12	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 leaned	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 peg	det
14	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turned	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 darted	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 darted	cc
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 darted	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 horse	det
19	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 darted	nsubj
20	darted	dart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 leaned	parataxis
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 darted	compound:prt
22	into	into	ADP	_	24 air	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 air	det
24	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 darted	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 cried	punct
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 cried	nsubj
27	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 darted	conj
28	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	27 cried	advmod
29	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	34 heard	mark
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 so	fixed
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 words	nmod:poss
32	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 heard	nsubj:pass
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 heard	aux:pass
34	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 cried	advcl
35	by	by	ADP	_	37 present	case
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 present	det
37	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 heard	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Sultan	punct
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	40 Sultan	punct
40	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 heard	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Cashmere	case
42	Cashmere	Cashmere	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Sultan	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 wish	punct
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	46 wish	advmod
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 wish	nsubj
46	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 Sultan	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 marry	mark
48	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 wish	xcomp
49	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 marry	obj
50	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 sought	nsubj
51	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 sought	aux
52	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	49 princesses	acl:relcl
53	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 protection	nmod:poss
54	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 sought	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 learn	punct
56	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 marry	conj
57	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	56 learn	advmod
58	to	to	PART	_	59 gain	mark
59	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 learn	xcomp
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 consent	nmod:poss
61	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 gain	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 leaned	punct
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 leaned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spring	gerund	horse not said here			behind the lady	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind lady=Trajectory
2	learn	past	horse			forward property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	turn	past	horse not said here	the peg			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent peg=Theme
4	dart up	past	the horse		the air		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Destination
5	cry speech: express	past	horse			aloud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	hear	past · passive	all present	horse's words		Sultan of Cashmere obl	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
7	wish in a quote	present	you				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8	marry not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	princesses			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient
9	seek in a quote	present · perfect	princesses	your protection			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Theme
10	learn in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			first property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	gain in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	words's consent			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme
12	word		horse				nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
13	protect in a quote		your				nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent
14	consent in a quote		words = word				nom 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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