The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 44, sentence 63
But the Sultan did not wait to hear that his orders had been carried out before going on foot, followed by his whole court to the door of the great mosque, and drawing the Sultana with his own hand out of the narrow prison where she had spent so many years, "Madam," he cried, embracing her with tears in his eyes, "I have come to ask your pardon for the injustice I have done you, and to repair it as far as I may.
Who acts: Sultan, door, your · What happens: not wait, hear, carry out, go, follow, draw · To what, where: orders, foot, Sultana, narrow prison, door, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Sultan, door, your), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 wait | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Sultan | det |
| 3 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wait | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wait | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 wait | advmod |
| 6 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 hear | mark |
| 8 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wait | advcl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 carried | mark |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 orders | nmod:poss |
| 11 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 carried | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 carried | aux:pass |
| 14 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wait | advcl |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 carried | compound:prt |
| 16 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 17 going | mark |
| 17 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 carried | advcl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 foot | case |
| 19 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 going | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 followed | punct |
| 21 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 carried | conj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 court | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 court | nmod:poss |
| 24 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 court | amod |
| 25 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 followed | obl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 door | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 door | det |
| 28 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 court | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 mosque | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 mosque | det |
| 31 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 mosque | amod |
| 32 | mosque | mosque | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 door | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 drawing | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 drawing | cc |
| 35 | drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 wait | advcl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Sultana | det |
| 37 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 drawing | obj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 hand | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 hand | nmod:poss |
| 40 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 hand | amod |
| 41 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 drawing | obl |
| 42 | out | out | ADP | _ | 46 prison | case |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 prison | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 prison | det |
| 45 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 prison | amod |
| 46 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 drawing | obl |
| 47 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 50 spent | advmod |
| 48 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 spent | nsubj |
| 49 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 spent | aux |
| 50 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 prison | acl:relcl |
| 51 | so | so | ADV | _ | 52 many | advmod |
| 52 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 years | amod |
| 53 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 spent | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 Madam | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 Madam | punct |
| 56 | Madam | madam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 drawing | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 cried | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 60 cried | punct |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 cried | nsubj |
| 60 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 drawing | conj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 embracing | punct |
| 62 | embracing | embrace | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 60 cried | advcl |
| 63 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 embracing | obj |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 tears | case |
| 65 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 embracing | obl |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 eyes | case |
| 67 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 68 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 embracing | obl |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 come | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 73 come | punct |
| 71 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 73 come | nsubj |
| 72 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 73 come | aux |
| 73 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 60 cried | conj |
| 74 | to | to | PART | _ | 75 ask | mark |
| 75 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 73 come | xcomp |
| 76 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 pardon | nmod:poss |
| 77 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 ask | obj |
| 78 | for | for | ADP | _ | 80 injustice | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 injustice | det |
| 80 | injustice | injustice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 ask | obl |
| 81 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 83 done | nsubj |
| 82 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 83 done | aux |
| 83 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 80 injustice | acl:relcl |
| 84 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 83 done | iobj |
| 85 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 88 repair | punct |
| 86 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 88 repair | cc |
| 87 | to | to | PART | _ | 88 repair | mark |
| 88 | repair | repair | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 75 ask | conj |
| 89 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 88 repair | obj |
| 90 | as | as | ADV | _ | 91 far | advmod |
| 91 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 88 repair | advmod |
| 92 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 94 may | mark |
| 93 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 94 may | nsubj |
| 94 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 91 far | advcl |
| 95 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wait | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wait | past · do-support | the Sultan | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hear | to-infinitive | the Sultan not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | carry out | past · perfect · passive | Sultan's orders | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | go | gerund | foot | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | |||||
| 5 | follow | participle | by Sultan's whole court to the door of the great mosque | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by court=Location | |||||
| 6 | draw | gerund | the Sultan not said here | the Sultana | the narrow prison | with Sultan's own hand; Madam obl | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sultana=Theme out prison=Initial_Location | ||
| 7 | spend | past · perfect | door | year | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | cry speech: express | past | Sultan | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | embrace | gerund | Sultan not said here | door | Sultan's eyes | with tears | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||
| 10 | come in a quote | present · perfect | Sultan | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | ask speech: ask in a quote | to-infinitive | Sultan not said here | your pardon | for the injustice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | |||
| 12 | do in a quote | present · perfect | Sultan | the injustice not said here | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | |||
| 13 | repair in a quote | to-infinitive | Sultan not said here | pardon | far property | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 14 | order | Sultan | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 15 | pardon in a quote | your | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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