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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 43, sentence 66

The following morning, when the Sultan inquired if they had spoken to their sister and what advice she had given them, Prince Bahman replied that they were ready to agree to his Highness's wishes, and that their sister had reproved them for their hesitation about the matter.

Who acts: Sultan, Bahman, sister, Highness · What happens: follow, inquire, speak, give, reply, be · To what, where: Bahman · 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 (Sultan, Bahman, sister, Highness), 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

detamodobl:unmarkedpunctadvmoddetnsubjmarknsubjauxccompcasenmod:possoblccnsubj:passnsubj:passnsubjauxconjobjpunctnmod:descnsubjparataxismarknsubjcopccompmarkxcompcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctccmarknmod:possnsubjauxconjobjcasenmod:possoblcasedetnmodpunctrootTheDETfollowingVERBmorningNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVtheDETSultanPROPNinquiredVERBifSCONJtheyPRONhadAUXspokenVERBtoADPtheirPRONsisterNOUNandCCONJwhatPRONadviceNOUNshePRONhadAUXgivenVERBthemPRON,PUNCTPrincePROPNBahmanPROPNrepliedVERBthatSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXreadyADJtoPARTagreeVERBtoADPhisPRONHighnessNOUN'sPARTwishesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJtheirPRONsisterNOUNhadAUXreprovedVERBthemPRONforADPtheirPRONhesitationNOUNaboutADPtheDETmatterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 morningdet
2followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger3 morningamod
3morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing8 inquiredobl:unmarked
4,,PUNCT_3 morningpunct
5whenwhenADVPronType=Int8 inquiredadvmod
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Sultandet
7SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing8 inquirednsubj
8inquiredinquireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9ififSCONJ_12 spokenmark
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 spokennsubj
11hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 spokenaux
12spokenspeakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 inquiredccomp
13totoADP_15 sistercase
14theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 sisternmod:poss
15sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing12 spokenobl
16andandCCONJ_21 givencc
17whatwhatPRONPronType=Int21 givennsubj:pass
18adviceadviceNOUNNumber=Sing21 givennsubj:pass
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 givennsubj
20hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 givenaux
21givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 spokenconj
22themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs21 givenobj
23,,PUNCT_26 repliedpunct
24PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing25 Bahmannmod:desc
25BahmanBahmanPROPNNumber=Sing26 repliednsubj
26repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 spokenparataxis
27thatthatSCONJ_30 readymark
28theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs30 readynsubj
29werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 readycop
30readyreadyADJDegree=Pos26 repliedccomp
31totoPART_32 agreemark
32agreeagreeVERBVerbForm=Inf30 readyxcomp
33totoADP_37 wishescase
34hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 Highnessnmod:poss
35HighnesshighnessNOUNNumber=Sing37 wishesnmod:poss
36's'sPART_35 Highnesscase
37wisheswishNOUNNumber=Plur32 agreeobl
38,,PUNCT_44 reprovedpunct
39andandCCONJ_44 reprovedcc
40thatthatSCONJ_44 reprovedmark
41theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 sisternmod:poss
42sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing44 reprovednsubj
43hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 reprovedaux
44reprovedreproveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 inquiredconj
45themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs44 reprovedobj
46forforADP_48 hesitationcase
47theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 hesitationnmod:poss
48hesitationhesitationNOUNNumber=Sing44 reprovedobl
49aboutaboutADP_51 mattercase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 matterdet
51mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing48 hesitationnmod
52..PUNCT_8 inquiredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2inquire speech: otherpastthe Sultanmorningvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3speak speech: other a condition, not said to happenpast · perfectBahmanto Bahman's sistervn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to sister=Co-Agent
4givepast · perfect · passiveBahmanvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme
5reply speech: assertpastBahman Princevn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6ispastBahmanready propertytree rules
7agree speech: agreeto-infinitiveBahman not said hereto Sultan's Highness's wishesvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8reprovepast · perfectBahman's sisterBahmanfor Bahman's hesitation about the mattervn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for hesitation=Attribute
9wishSultan's Highnessnom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
10hesitateBahmanabout the matternom hesitation «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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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