The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 42, sentence 74

As to this, I think I have enough self-control to look straight before me; but as it is quite possible that I might be frightened by the voices, as even the boldest men have been, I will stop up my ears with cotton, so that, let them make as much noise as they like, I shall hear nothing."

Who acts: I, control, voices, boldest men, men · What happens: think, have, look, be, frighten, stop up · To what, where: enough self control, I, ears, men, much noise, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 42. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, control, voices, boldest men), 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	As	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	3 this	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 As	fixed
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 think	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 this	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 think	nsubj
6	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 think	ccomp
9	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 control	amod
10	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 control	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 self	punct
12	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 look	mark
14	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 control	acl
15	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 look	advmod
16	before	before	ADP	_	17 me	case
17	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 look	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 possible	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 possible	cc
20	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 possible	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 possible	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 possible	cop
23	quite	quite	ADV	_	24 possible	advmod
24	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 think	conj
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 frightened	mark
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 frightened	nsubj:pass
27	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 frightened	aux
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 frightened	aux:pass
29	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 possible	advcl
30	by	by	ADP	_	32 voices	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 voices	det
32	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 frightened	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 been	punct
34	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 been	mark
35	even	even	ADV	_	38 men	advmod
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 men	det
37	boldest	bold	ADJ	Degree=Sup	38 men	amod
38	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 been	nsubj
39	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 been	aux
40	been	be	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 frightened	advcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 stop	punct
42	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 stop	nsubj
43	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 stop	aux
44	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 think	conj
45	up	up	ADP	_	44 stop	compound:prt
46	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 ears	nmod:poss
47	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 stop	obj
48	with	with	ADP	_	49 cotton	case
49	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stop	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 let	punct
51	so	so	SCONJ	_	52 that	case
52	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	54 let	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 that	punct
54	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 think	parataxis
55	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 let	obj
56	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 let	xcomp
57	as	as	ADV	_	58 much	advmod
58	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 noise	amod
59	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 make	obj
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 like	mark
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 like	nsubj
62	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	66 hear	advcl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 like	punct
64	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 hear	nsubj
65	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	66 hear	aux
66	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 make	parataxis
67	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	66 hear	obj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	54 let	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	54 let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	I			as this	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	present	I	enough self control			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Patient
3	look	to-infinitive	I not said here	enough self control not said here	before me	straight property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before i=Theme
4	is	present	control			possible property	tree rules
5	frighten	might · passive	the voices	I			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
6	be	present · perfect	the boldest men				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	stop up	future	I	my ears		with cotton	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Destination with cotton=Theme
8	let	infinitive		men = man		so that	tree rules
9	make	infinitive	men = man not said here	much noise			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product
10	like	present	men = man				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
11	hear	shall	I	nothing			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

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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