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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 43, sentence 19

So saying the princess mounted her horse, and, declining to allow even Prince Bahman to carry the cage with the Talking Bird, she entrusted him with the branch of the Singing Tree, while Prince Perviz took care of the flask containing the Golden Water.

Who acts: princess, Perviz, flask · What happens: say, mount, decline, not allow, carry, entrust · To what, where: horse, Bahman, cage, bird, care, Golden Water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 43. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, Perviz, flask), 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

advmodpunctdetnsubjnmod:possobjpunctccpunctadvclmarkxcompadvmodnmod:desciobjmarkadvcldetobjcasedetcompoundnmodpunctnsubjconjobjcasedetoblcasedetcompoundnmodpunctmarknmod:descnsubjconjobjcasedetoblacldetamodobjpunctrootSoADVsayingVERBtheDETprincessNOUNmountedVERBherPRONhorseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTdecliningVERBtoPARTallowVERBevenADVPrincePROPNBahmanPROPNtoPARTcarryVERBtheDETcageNOUNwithADPtheDETTalkingPROPNBirdPROPN,PUNCTshePRONentrustedVERBhimPRONwithADPtheDETbranchNOUNofADPtheDETSingingPROPNTreePROPN,PUNCTwhileSCONJPrincePROPNPervizPROPNtookVERBcareNOUNofADPtheDETflaskNOUNcontainingVERBtheDETGoldenADJWaterPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_5 mountedadvmod
2sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 mountedpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 princessdet
4princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing5 mountednsubj
5mountedmountVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 horsenmod:poss
7horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing5 mountedobj
8,,PUNCT_11 decliningpunct
9andandCCONJ_11 decliningcc
10,,PUNCT_11 decliningpunct
11decliningdeclineVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 mountedadvcl
12totoPART_13 allowmark
13allowallowVERBVerbForm=Inf11 decliningxcomp
14evenevenADV_16 Bahmanadvmod
15PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing16 Bahmannmod:desc
16BahmanBahmanPROPNNumber=Sing13 allowiobj
17totoPART_18 carrymark
18carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf13 allowadvcl
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 cagedet
20cagecageNOUNNumber=Sing18 carryobj
21withwithADP_24 Birdcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 Birddet
23TalkingTalkingPROPNNumber=Sing24 Birdcompound
24BirdBirdPROPNNumber=Sing20 cagenmod
25,,PUNCT_27 entrustedpunct
26sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 entrustednsubj
27entrustedentrustVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 mountedconj
28himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 entrustedobj
29withwithADP_31 branchcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 branchdet
31branchbranchNOUNNumber=Sing27 entrustedobl
32ofofADP_35 Treecase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Treedet
34SingingSingingPROPNNumber=Sing35 Treecompound
35TreeTreePROPNNumber=Sing31 branchnmod
36,,PUNCT_40 tookpunct
37whilewhileSCONJ_40 tookmark
38PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing39 Perviznmod:desc
39PervizPervizPROPNNumber=Sing40 tooknsubj
40tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 entrustedconj
41carecareNOUNNumber=Sing40 tookobj
42ofofADP_44 flaskcase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 flaskdet
44flaskflaskNOUNNumber=Sing40 tookobl
45containingcontainVERBVerbForm=Ger44 flaskacl
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 Waterdet
47GoldengoldenADJDegree=Pos48 Wateramod
48WaterWaterPROPNNumber=Sing45 containingobj
49..PUNCT_5 mountedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertgerundvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2mountpastthe princessprincess's horsevn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
3declinegerundthe princess not said herevn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4not allowto-infinitivethe princess not said hereBahman Princevn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bahman=Beneficiary
5carryto-infinitivethe princess not said herethe cagewith the Talking Birdvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cage=Theme
6entrustpastprincessbirdwith the branch of the Singing Treevn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with branch=Theme
7takepastPerviz Princecareof the flaskvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of flask=Initial_Location
8containgerundthe flask not said herethe Golden Watervn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

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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