The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 42, sentence 89

"Bird," replied the princess, who was filled with a joy that seemed strange to herself when she thought that the bird had cost her the lives of both her brothers, "bird, let me first thank you for your good will, and then let me ask you where the Golden Water is to be found."

Who acts: Bird, joy, princess · What happens: reply, fill, seem, think, cost, let · To what, where: princess, lives, Bird, you, Golden Water · 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 (Bird, joy, princess), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bird	punct
2	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 replied	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Bird	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bird	punct
5	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 replied	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 filled	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 filled	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 filled	aux:pass
11	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 princess	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 joy	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 joy	det
14	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 filled	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 seemed	nsubj
16	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 joy	acl:relcl
17	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 seemed	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 herself	case
19	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 seemed	obl
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	22 thought	advmod
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 thought	nsubj
22	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 seemed	advcl
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 cost	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bird	det
25	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 cost	nsubj
26	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 cost	aux
27	cost	cost	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	39 let	advcl
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 cost	iobj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 lives	det
30	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 cost	obj
31	of	of	ADP	_	34 brothers	case
32	both	both	CCONJ	_	34 brothers	cc:preconj
33	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 brothers	nmod:poss
34	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 lives	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 bird	punct
36	"	"	PUNCT	_	37 bird	punct
37	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 brothers	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 cost	punct
39	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 thought	ccomp
40	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 let	obj
41	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	39 let	advmod
42	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 let	parataxis
43	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	42 thank	obj
44	for	for	ADP	_	47 will	case
45	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 will	nmod:poss
46	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 will	amod
47	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 thank	advcl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 let	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 let	cc
50	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	51 let	advmod
51	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 replied	ccomp
52	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 let	obj
53	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 let	xcomp
54	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 ask	iobj
55	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	62 found	advmod
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 Water	det
57	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 Water	amod
58	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 found	nsubj:pass
59	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 found	aux:pass
60	to	to	PART	_	62 found	mark
61	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	62 found	aux:pass
62	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 ask	advcl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	51 let	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	51 let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	past	Bird	the princess				tree rules
2	fill	past · passive		the princess			with a joy	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with joy=Instrument
3	seem	past	a joy		princess		strange property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	think speech: other	past	princess					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	cost	past · perfect	the bird	the lives of princess's brothers and bird	princess			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme she=Beneficiary life=Value
6	let in a quote	infinitive		Bird			first property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
7	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
8	let in a quote	infinitive		Bird		then		tree rules
9	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	Bird not said here		you			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
10	find in a quote	present · passive		the Golden Water				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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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