The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 39

The marriage was only delayed just long enough to make the ceremony as brilliant as possible, and, as soon as the rejoicings were over, an ambassador was sent to the King of Bengal, to inform him of what had passed, and to ask his approbation of the alliance between the two countries, which he heartily gave.

Who acts: rejoicings, marriage, Bengal · What happens: delay, make, be, send, inform, pass · To what, where: marriage, ceremony, ambassador, King, approbation, two countries

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 (rejoicings, marriage, Bengal), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marriage	det
2	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delayed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 delayed	aux:pass
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 delayed	advmod
5	delayed	delay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 delayed	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 make	mark
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 delayed	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ceremony	det
12	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 brilliant	advmod
14	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	xcomp
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 possible	mark
16	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 brilliant	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 inform	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 inform	cc
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 and	punct
20	as	as	ADV	_	21 soon	advmod
21	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	39 inform	advmod
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	26 over	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 rejoicings	det
24	rejoicings	rejoicing	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 over	nsubj
25	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 over	cop
26	over	over	ADV	_	21 soon	advcl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 sent	punct
28	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 ambassador	det
29	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sent	nsubj:pass
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 sent	aux:pass
31	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 soon	conj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 King	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 King	det
34	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 sent	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 Bengal	case
36	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 King	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 inform	punct
38	to	to	PART	_	39 inform	mark
39	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 delayed	parataxis
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 inform	obj
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 what	case
42	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 inform	obl
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 passed	aux
44	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 what	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 ask	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 ask	cc
47	to	to	PART	_	48 ask	mark
48	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	39 inform	conj
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 approbation	nmod:poss
50	approbation	approbation	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 ask	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 alliance	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 alliance	det
53	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 approbation	nmod
54	between	between	ADP	_	57 countries	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 countries	det
56	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 countries	nummod
57	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 alliance	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 gave	punct
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	62 gave	obj
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 gave	nsubj
61	heartily	heartily	ADV	_	62 gave	advmod
62	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 countries	acl:relcl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 delayed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	delay	past · passive		the marriage		long property	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: subject=Source
2	make	to-infinitive		the ceremony		brilliant property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ceremony=Product
3	is	past	the rejoicings			over property	tree rules
4	send	past · passive		a ambassador	the King of Bengal		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination
5	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			marriage	soon property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of what=Topic
6	pass	past · perfect					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		Bengal's approbation of the alliance between the two countries			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent approbation=Recipient
8	give	past	marriage	the two countries		heartily property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
9	approbate		Bengal	the alliance between the two countries			nom approbation «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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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