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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 44, sentence 72

Long before they reached the gates the way was lined with people, and the air filled with shouts of welcome, with which were mingled the songs of the Talking Bird, sitting in its cage on the lap of the princess, and of the birds who followed it.

Who acts: house, gates, air, Talking Bird · What happens: reach, line, fill, shout, be, sit · To what, where: gates, way, air, cage

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 (house, gates, air, Talking Bird), 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

advmodmarknsubjdetobjdetnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcaseoblpunctccdetnsubjacloblconjcaseoblpunctcaseoblcopparataxisdetobjcasedetcompoundnmodpunctconjcasenmod:possoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctcccasedetoblnsubjconjobjpunctrootLongADVbeforeSCONJtheyPRONreachedVERBtheDETgatesNOUNtheDETwayNOUNwasAUXlinedVERBwithADPpeopleNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETairNOUNfilledVERBwithADPshoutsVERBofADPwelcomeNOUN,PUNCTwithADPwhichPRONwereAUXmingledVERBtheDETsongsNOUNofADPtheDETTalkingPROPNBirdPROPN,PUNCTsittingVERBinADPitsPRONcageNOUNonADPtheDETlapNOUNofADPtheDETprincessNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJofADPtheDETbirdsNOUNwhoPRONfollowedVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LonglongADVDegree=Pos4 reachedadvmod
2beforebeforeSCONJ_4 reachedmark
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 reachednsubj
4reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 gatesdet
6gatesgateNOUNNumber=Plur4 reachedobj
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 waydet
8waywayNOUNNumber=Sing10 linednsubj:pass
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 linedaux:pass
10linedlineVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 gatesacl:relcl
11withwithADP_12 peoplecase
12peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur10 linedobl
13,,PUNCT_19 shoutspunct
14andandCCONJ_19 shoutscc
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 airdet
16airairNOUNNumber=Sing19 shoutsnsubj
17filledfillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 airacl
18withwithADP_17 filledobl
19shoutsshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 reachedconj
20ofofADP_21 welcomecase
21welcomewelcomeNOUNNumber=Sing19 shoutsobl
22,,PUNCT_26 mingledpunct
23withwithADP_24 whichcase
24whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel26 mingledobl
25werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 mingledcop
26mingledmingleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 shoutsparataxis
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 songsdet
28songssongNOUNNumber=Plur26 mingledobj
29ofofADP_32 Birdcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Birddet
31TalkingTalkingPROPNNumber=Sing32 Birdcompound
32BirdBirdPROPNNumber=Sing28 songsnmod
33,,PUNCT_34 sittingpunct
34sittingsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 mingledconj
35ininADP_37 cagecase
36itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 cagenmod:poss
37cagecageNOUNNumber=Sing34 sittingobl
38ononADP_40 lapcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 lapdet
40laplapNOUNNumber=Sing34 sittingobl
41ofofADP_43 princesscase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 princessdet
43princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing40 lapnmod
44,,PUNCT_50 followedpunct
45andandCCONJ_50 followedcc
46ofofADP_48 birdscase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 birdsdet
48birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur50 followedobl
49whowhoPRONPronType=Rel50 followednsubj
50followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 reachedconj
51ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 followedobj
52..PUNCT_4 reachedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reachpasthousethe gateslong propertyvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme
2linepast · passivethe gates not said herethe waywith peoplevn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with people=Theme
3fillparticiplethe air not said herevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4shout speech: expresspresentthe airof welcomevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5ispastmingle propertytree rules
6sitgerundair's cageon the lap of the princessvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location
7followpastairof the birdsvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme of bird=Trajectory
8singthe Talking Birdnom song «communication intransitive»: of=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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