The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 41, sentence 28
And the princess, determined not to be left behind, showed herself so anxious to learn with her brothers, that the intendant consented to her joining in their lessons, and it was not long before she knew as much as they did.
Who acts: princess, intendant, lessons · What happens: determine, not leave behind, show, learn, consent, join · To what, where: princess, much
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 41. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, intendant, lessons), 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 | _ | 12 showed | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 showed | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 determined | punct |
| 5 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 princess | acl |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 left | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 left | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 left | aux:pass |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 determined | ccomp |
| 10 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 9 left | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 princess | punct |
| 12 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 showed | obj |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 anxious | advmod |
| 15 | anxious | anxious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 showed | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 learn | mark |
| 17 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 anxious | advcl |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 brothers | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 20 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 learn | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 consented | punct |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 consented | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 intendant | det |
| 24 | intendant | intendant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 consented | nsubj |
| 25 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 showed | conj |
| 26 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 28 joining | mark |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 joining | nmod:poss |
| 28 | joining | join | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 consented | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 lessons | case |
| 30 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 lessons | nmod:poss |
| 31 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 joining | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 long | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 long | cc |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 long | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 long | cop |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 long | advmod |
| 37 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 showed | advmod |
| 38 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 40 knew | mark |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 knew | nsubj |
| 40 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 long | advcl |
| 41 | as | as | ADV | _ | 42 much | advmod |
| 42 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 knew | obj |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 45 did | mark |
| 44 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 did | nsubj |
| 45 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 much | advcl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 showed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | participle | the princess not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not leave behind | to-infinitive · passive | behind property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | show | past | the princess | princess | anxious property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient | |||
| 4 | learn | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | with princess's brothers | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | consent | past | the intendant | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | join | gerund | the intendant not said here | in brothers's lessons | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in lesson=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not is | past | intendant | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | know | past | princess | much | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | do | past | lessons = lesson | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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