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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 54

The Sultan was so much amused by the conversation he had overheard, that he made up his mind to gratify their wishes, and turning to the grand-vizir, he bade him note the house, and on the following morning to bring the ladies into his presence.

Who acts: conversation, Sultan, mind · What happens: amuse, overhear, make up, gratify, turn, bade · To what, where: Sultan, conversation, mind, wishes, grand vizir, husband

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 (conversation, Sultan, mind), 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

detnsubj:passaux:passadvmodadvmodcasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclpunctmarknsubjconjcompound:prtnmod:possobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjpunctccadvclcasedetamodpunctoblpunctnsubjconjobjxcompdetobjpunctcccasedetamodobl:unmarkedmarkacldetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTheDETSultanPROPNwasAUXsoADVmuchADVamusedVERBbyADPtheDETconversationNOUNhePRONhadAUXoverheardVERB,PUNCTthatSCONJhePRONmadeVERBupADPhisPRONmindNOUNtoPARTgratifyVERBtheirPRONwishesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJturningVERBtoADPtheDETgrandADJ-PUNCTvizirNOUN,PUNCThePRONbadeVERBhimPRONnoteVERBtheDEThouseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJonADPtheDETfollowingVERBmorningNOUNtoPARTbringVERBtheDETladiesNOUNintoADPhisPRONpresenceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Sultandet
2SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing6 amusednsubj:pass
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 amusedaux:pass
4sosoADV_5 muchadvmod
5muchmuchADV_6 amusedadvmod
6amusedamuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7bybyADP_9 conversationcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 conversationdet
9conversationconversationNOUNNumber=Sing6 amusedobl
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 overheardnsubj
11hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 overheardaux
12overheardoverhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 conversationacl:relcl
13,,PUNCT_16 madepunct
14thatthatSCONJ_16 mademark
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 madensubj
16mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 amusedconj
17upupADP_16 madecompound:prt
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 mindnmod:poss
19mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing16 madeobj
20totoPART_21 gratifymark
21gratifygratifyVERBVerbForm=Inf16 madeadvcl
22theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 wishesnmod:poss
23wisheswishNOUNNumber=Plur21 gratifyobj
24,,PUNCT_34 badepunct
25andandCCONJ_34 badecc
26turningturnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part34 badeadvcl
27totoADP_31 vizircase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 vizirdet
29grandgrandADJDegree=Pos31 viziramod
30--PUNCT_29 grandpunct
31vizirvizirNOUNNumber=Sing26 turningobl
32,,PUNCT_26 turningpunct
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 badensubj
34badebadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 amusedconj
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 badeobj
36notenoteVERBVerbForm=Inf34 badexcomp
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 housedet
38househouseNOUNNumber=Sing36 noteobj
39,,PUNCT_44 morningpunct
40andandCCONJ_44 morningcc
41ononADP_44 morningcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 morningdet
43followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger44 morningamod
44morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing34 badeobl:unmarked
45totoPART_46 bringmark
46bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf44 morningacl
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 ladiesdet
48ladiesladyNOUNNumber=Plur46 bringobj
49intointoADP_51 presencecase
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 presencenmod:poss
51presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing46 bringobl
52..PUNCT_6 amusedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1amusepast · passivethe conversationthe Sultanvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2overhearpast · perfectSultanthe conversation not said herevn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conversation=Stimulus
3make uppastSultanSultan's mindvn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot
4gratifyto-infinitiveSultan not said heremind's wishesvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer
5turngerundSultan not said herethe grand vizirvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to vizir=Trajectory
6badepastSultanhusbandmorningtree rules
7noteinfinitiveSultan not said herethe housevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent house=Topic
8followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9bringto-infinitiveSultan not said herethe ladiesSultan's presencevn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lady=Theme into presence=Destination
10mindSultannom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
11wishmindnom wish «feeling 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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