The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 43, sentence 73

At the end of the evening the princes once more prostrated themselves before the throne and asked leave to return home; and then, encouraged by the gracious words of farewell uttered by the Sultan, Prince Bahman said: "Sire, may we dare to take the liberty of asking whether you would do us and our sister the honour of resting for a few minutes at our house the first time the hunt passes that way?"

Who acts: princes, leave, Bahman, we, liberty, you · What happens: prostrate, ask, return, encourage, utter, say · To what, where: apartments, end, leave, gracious words, Sire, liberty · 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 (princes, leave, Bahman, we), 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 end	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 end	det
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prostrated	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 evening	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 evening	det
6	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 end	nmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princes	det
8	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 prostrated	nsubj
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 prostrated	advmod
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 prostrated	advmod
11	prostrated	prostrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 prostrated	obj
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 throne	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 throne	det
15	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prostrated	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 asked	cc
17	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 prostrated	conj
18	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asked	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 return	mark
20	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 asked	xcomp
21	home	home	ADV	_	20 return	advmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 encouraged	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 encouraged	cc
24	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 encouraged	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 encouraged	punct
26	encouraged	encourage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 prostrated	parataxis
27	by	by	ADP	_	30 words	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 words	det
29	gracious	gracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 words	amod
30	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 encouraged	obl
31	of	of	SCONJ	_	33 uttered	mark
32	farewell	farewell	ADV	_	33 uttered	advmod
33	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 said	ccomp
34	by	by	ADP	_	36 Sultan	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Sultan	det
36	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 uttered	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 uttered	punct
38	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Bahman	nmod:desc
39	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 said	nsubj
40	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 words	acl
41	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 Sire	punct
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 Sire	punct
43	Sire	sire	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 said	nsubj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 dare	punct
45	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 dare	aux
46	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 dare	nsubj
47	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 Sire	acl:relcl
48	to	to	PART	_	49 take	mark
49	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 dare	xcomp
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 liberty	det
51	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 take	obj
52	of	of	SCONJ	_	53 asking	mark
53	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 liberty	acl
54	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	57 do	mark
55	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	57 do	nsubj
56	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 do	aux
57	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 take	conj
58	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 do	iobj
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 sister	cc
60	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 sister	nmod:poss
61	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 us	conj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 honour	det
63	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 do	parataxis
64	of	of	SCONJ	_	65 resting	mark
65	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	63 honour	acl
66	for	for	ADP	_	69 minutes	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 minutes	det
68	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 minutes	amod
69	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 resting	obl
70	at	at	ADP	_	72 house	case
71	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 house	nmod:poss
72	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 resting	obl
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 time	det
74	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	75 time	amod
75	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 passes	obl:unmarked
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 hunt	det
77	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 passes	nsubj
78	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 house	acl:relcl
79	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	80 way	det
80	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 passes	obj
81	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 encouraged	punct
82	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 prostrated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prostrate	past	the princes	apartments = apartment			at the end of the evening; before the throne	once property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	the princes not said here	leave					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic
3	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	leave not said here					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	encourage	participle					then	by the gracious words	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	utter speech: other	participle						by the Sultan; farewell property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
6	say speech: ask	past	Bahman Prince	the gracious words not said here					tree rules
7	dare in a quote	may	we	Sire not said here					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sire=Recipient clause=Topic
8	take in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here	the liberty					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme
9	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund	the liberty not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	do in a quote	would	you		us				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality
11	rest in a quote	gerund	the honour not said here			our house	minute		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location
12	pass in a quote	present	the hunt	that way			time		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory

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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