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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 44, sentence 1

The moment his Highness entered the courtyard, the princess flung herself at his feet, but he bent and raised her, and gazed at her for some time, struck with her grace and beauty, and also with the indefinable air of courts that seemed to hang round this country girl. "

Who acts: moment, princess, Highness, courts · What happens: enter, fling, bend, raise, gaze, strike · To what, where: courtyard, princess, feet

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 44. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moment, princess, Highness, courts), 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

detnsubjnmod:possnsubjdetobjpunctdetnsubjconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccnsubjconjccconjobjpunctccparataxiscaseoblcasedetoblpunctconjcasenmod:possoblccconjpunctccadvmodcasedetamodoblcasenmodnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompcasedetcompoundoblpunctpunctrootTheDETmomentNOUNhisPRONHighnessNOUNenteredVERBtheDETcourtyardNOUN,PUNCTtheDETprincessNOUNflungVERBherselfPRONatADPhisPRONfeetNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONbentVERBandCCONJraisedVERBherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJgazedVERBatADPherPRONforADPsomeDETtimeNOUN,PUNCTstruckVERBwithADPherPRONgraceNOUNandCCONJbeautyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJalsoADVwithADPtheDETindefinableADJairNOUNofADPcourtsNOUNthatPRONseemedVERBtoPARThangVERBroundADPthisDETcountryNOUNgirlNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 momentdet
2momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing5 enterednsubj
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 Highnessnmod:poss
4HighnesshighnessNOUNNumber=Sing5 enterednsubj
5enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 courtyarddet
7courtyardcourtyardNOUNNumber=Sing5 enteredobj
8,,PUNCT_11 flungpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 princessdet
10princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing11 flungnsubj
11flungflingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 enteredconj
12herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes11 flungobj
13atatADP_15 feetcase
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 feetnmod:poss
15feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur11 flungobl
16,,PUNCT_19 bentpunct
17butbutCCONJ_19 bentcc
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 bentnsubj
19bentbendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 flungconj
20andandCCONJ_21 raisedcc
21raisedraiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 bentconj
22hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 raisedobj
23,,PUNCT_25 gazedpunct
24andandCCONJ_25 gazedcc
25gazedgazeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 enteredparataxis
26atatADP_27 hercase
27hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 gazedobl
28forforADP_30 timecase
29somesomeDETPronType=Ind30 timedet
30timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing25 gazedobl
31,,PUNCT_32 struckpunct
32struckstrikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 gazedconj
33withwithADP_35 gracecase
34herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 gracenmod:poss
35gracegraceNOUNNumber=Sing32 struckobl
36andandCCONJ_37 beautycc
37beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing35 graceconj
38,,PUNCT_44 airpunct
39andandCCONJ_44 aircc
40alsoalsoADV_44 airadvmod
41withwithADP_44 aircase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 airdet
43indefinableindefinableADJDegree=Pos44 airamod
44airairNOUNNumber=Sing5 enteredobl
45ofofADP_46 courtscase
46courtscourtNOUNNumber=Plur44 airnmod
47thatthatPRONPronType=Rel48 seemednsubj
48seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 courtsacl:relcl
49totoPART_50 hangmark
50hanghangVERBVerbForm=Inf48 seemedxcomp
51roundroundADP_54 girlcase
52thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem54 girldet
53countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing54 girlcompound
54girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing50 hangobl
55..PUNCT_5 enteredpunct
56""PUNCT_5 enteredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enterpastthe momentthe courtyardwith the indefinable air of courtsvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme courtyard=Destination
2flingpastthe princessprincessHighness's feetvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at foot=Destination
3bendpastHighnessvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4raisepastHighness not said hereprincessvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5gazepasttimeat princessvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme
6strikeparticiplewith princess's grace and beautyvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with grace=Theme
7seempastcourtsvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
8hangto-infinitivecourts not said hereround this country girlvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round girl=Destination

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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