The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 42

And no sooner was his father buried and the ceremonies over that marked his accession to the throne, than the young man hastened to throw off his robes of state, and calling to his vizir to make ready likewise, stole out in the simple dress of a private citizen into the less known streets of the capital.

Who acts: father, that, Sultan · What happens: be, bury, mark, hasten, throw off, call · To what, where: father, ceremonies, accession, young man, robes, vizir · 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 (father, that, Sultan), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 buried	cc
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 father	det
3	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 no	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 father	cop
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buried	nsubj
7	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ceremonies	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ceremonies	det
10	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buried	obl
11	over	over	SCONJ	_	13 marked	mark
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 marked	nsubj
13	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 buried	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 accession	nmod:poss
15	accession	accession	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marked	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 throne	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 throne	det
18	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marked	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 man	punct
20	than	than	ADP	_	23 man	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 man	det
22	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 man	amod
23	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marked	obl
24	hastened	hasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 man	acl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 throw	mark
26	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 hastened	advcl
27	off	off	ADP	_	26 throw	compound:prt
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 robes	nmod:poss
29	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 throw	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 state	case
31	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 robes	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 calling	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 calling	cc
34	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 buried	advcl
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 vizir	case
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 vizir	nmod:poss
37	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 calling	obl
38	to	to	PART	_	39 make	mark
39	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 calling	advcl
40	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 make	xcomp
41	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	39 make	advmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 stole	punct
43	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 buried	conj
44	out	out	ADP	_	43 stole	compound:prt
45	in	in	ADP	_	48 dress	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 dress	det
47	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 dress	amod
48	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 stole	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	52 citizen	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 citizen	det
51	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 citizen	amod
52	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 dress	nmod
53	into	into	ADP	_	57 streets	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 streets	det
55	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	56 known	advmod
56	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 streets	amod
57	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 stole	obl
58	of	of	ADP	_	60 capital	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 capital	det
60	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 streets	nmod
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 buried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Sultan's father				tree rules
2	bury	past	Sultan's father	the ceremonies				vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mark	past	that	Sultan's accession			to the throne; than the young man	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent accession=Theme to throne=Attribute
4	hasten	participle		the young man not said here				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	throw off	to-infinitive		Sultan's robes of state				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme
6	call	gerund	Sultan's father not said here		Sultan's vizir			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to vizir=Recipient
7	make	to-infinitive	Sultan's father not said here				likewise, ready property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
8	steal out	past	Sultan's father not said here			the simple dress of a private citizen	into the known streets of the capital	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dress=Location
9	know	participle					less property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	accede		Sultan					nom accession «process 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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