The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 40, sentence 78
In order to carry out their wicked scheme the two sisters met constantly to talk over their ideas, though all the while they pretended to be as friendly as ever towards the Sultana, who, on her part, invariably treated them with kindness.
Who acts: two sisters, Sisters, festivities · What happens: carry out, meet, talk, pretend, be, treat · To what, where: wicked scheme, ideas, Sisters
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 (two sisters, Sisters, festivities), 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 | In | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 4 carry | mark |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 In | fixed |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 carry | mark |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 met | advcl |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 carry | compound:prt |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 scheme | nmod:poss |
| 7 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 scheme | amod |
| 8 | scheme | scheme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carry | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sisters | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 sisters | nummod |
| 11 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 met | nsubj |
| 12 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | constantly | constantly | ADV | _ | 12 met | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 talk | mark |
| 15 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 met | advcl |
| 16 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 ideas | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 ideas | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ideas | idea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 talk | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 pretended | punct |
| 20 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 25 pretended | mark |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 pretended | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 all | det |
| 23 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 25 pretended | mark |
| 24 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 pretended | nsubj |
| 25 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 met | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 friendly | mark |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 friendly | cop |
| 28 | as | as | ADV | _ | 29 friendly | advmod |
| 29 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 pretended | ccomp |
| 30 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 ever | case |
| 31 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 29 friendly | obl |
| 32 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 34 Sultana | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Sultana | det |
| 34 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 pretended | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 part | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 part | nsubj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 part | punct |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 part | case |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 part | nmod:poss |
| 40 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Sultana | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 treated | punct |
| 42 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 43 treated | advmod |
| 43 | treated | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 pretended | conj |
| 44 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 treated | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 kindness | case |
| 46 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 treated | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 met | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry out | to-infinitive | the two sisters not said here | festivities's wicked scheme | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scheme=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | meet | past | the two sisters | constantly property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | talk | to-infinitive | the two sisters not said here | Sisters's ideas | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | pretend | past | Sisters = sister | towards the Sultana | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | to-infinitive | Sisters = sister not said here | friendly property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | treat | past | Sisters = sister not said here | Sisters = sister | with kindness; invariably property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with kindness=Theme | |||
| 7 | scheme | festivities = festivity | nom scheme «cognition 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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