The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 6, sentence 45
Porter," she continued, turning to him, "if you remain, you must promise to ask no questions about anything you may see.
Who acts: sister, you, questions · What happens: continue, turn, remain, promise, ask, see · To what, where: Porter, Amina · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, you, questions), 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 | Porter | porter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 continued | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Porter | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 continued | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 continued | nsubj |
| 5 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 turning | punct |
| 7 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 continued | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 turning | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 promise | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 promise | punct |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 remain | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 remain | nsubj |
| 14 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 promise | advcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 remain | punct |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 promise | nsubj |
| 17 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 promise | aux |
| 18 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 continued | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 ask | mark |
| 20 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 promise | xcomp |
| 21 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 22 questions | det |
| 22 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ask | obj |
| 23 | about | about | ADP | _ | 24 anything | case |
| 24 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 22 questions | nmod |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 see | nsubj |
| 26 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 see | aux |
| 27 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 anything | acl:relcl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue in a quote | past | sister | Porter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | turn in a quote | gerund | sister not said here | Amina | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | ||||
| 3 | remain a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | promise speech: promise | must | you | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | no questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | see | may | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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