The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 41, sentence 42

Although the old woman was very pious, she was not at all indifferent to the magnificence of all around her, which she seemed to understand as well as to admire, and when she had seen it all she was led by the servants before the princess, who was seated in a room which surpassed in splendour all the rest.

Who acts: old woman, woman, servants, room · What happens: be, seem, understand, admire, see, lead · To what, where: magnificence, prayer, woman, princess, room, rest

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 (old woman, woman, servants, room), 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	Although	although	SCONJ	_	7 pious	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pious	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pious	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 pious	advmod
7	pious	pious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 indifferent	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 indifferent	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 indifferent	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 all	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 indifferent	det
14	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pious	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 magnificence	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 magnificence	det
17	magnificence	magnificence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 indifferent	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 her	case
19	all	all	ADV	_	21 her	advmod
20	around	around	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 magnificence	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 seemed	punct
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 seemed	obj
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 seemed	nsubj
25	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 magnificence	acl:relcl
26	to	to	PART	_	27 understand	mark
27	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 seemed	xcomp
28	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	27 understand	advmod
29	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 as	fixed
30	as	as	ADP	_	28 as	fixed
31	to	to	PART	_	32 admire	mark
32	admire	admire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 understand	advcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 led	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 led	cc
35	when	when	SCONJ	_	38 seen	mark
36	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 seen	nsubj
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 seen	aux
38	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 led	advcl
39	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 seen	obj
40	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 it	det
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 led	nsubj
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 led	aux:pass
43	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pious	parataxis
44	by	by	ADP	_	46 servants	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 servants	det
46	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 led	obl
47	before	before	ADP	_	49 princess	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 princess	det
49	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 led	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 seated	punct
51	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 seated	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 seated	aux:pass
53	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 princess	acl:relcl
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 room	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 room	det
56	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 seated	obl
57	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 surpassed	nsubj
58	surpassed	surpass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 room	acl:relcl
59	in	in	ADP	_	60 splendour	case
60	splendour	splendour	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 surpassed	obl
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 rest	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 rest	det
63	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 surpassed	obl:unmarked
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pious	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old woman				pious property	tree rules
2	is	past	woman				to the magnificence of princess; indifferent property	tree rules
3	seem	past	woman	the magnificence of princess				tree rules
4	understand	to-infinitive	woman not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	admire	to-infinitive	woman not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	see	past · perfect	woman	prayer				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
7	lead	past · passive	the servants	woman		before the princess		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme before princess=Destination
8	seat	past · passive		the princess	a room			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in room=Location
9	surpass	past	a room	all rest			in splendour	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in splendour=Attribute

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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