The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 6, sentence 72

The knock was answered by Sadie, with a taper in her hand, and the vizir, who was surprised at her beauty, bowed low before her, and said respectfully, "Madam, we are three merchants who have lately arrived from Moussoul, and, owing to a misadventure which befel us this very night, only reached our inn to find that the doors were closed to us till to-morrow morning.

Who acts: Sadie, vizir, we, three merchants, misadventure · What happens: answer, be, bow, say, arrive, owe · To what, where: knock, beauty, Madam, three merchants, Moussoul, misadventure · 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 (Sadie, vizir, we, three merchants), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knock	det
2	knock	knock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 answered	aux:pass
4	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Sadie	case
6	Sadie	Sadie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 answered	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 taper	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 taper	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 taper	det
10	taper	taper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answered	parataxis
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hand	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taper	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 vizir	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 vizir	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vizir	det
17	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answered	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 surprised	punct
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 surprised	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 surprised	cop
21	surprised	surprised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 vizir	appos
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 beauty	case
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 beauty	nmod:poss
24	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 surprised	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 bowed	punct
26	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 surprised	conj
27	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	26 bowed	advmod
28	before	before	ADP	_	29 her	case
29	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 bowed	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 said	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 said	cc
32	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 answered	conj
33	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	_	32 said	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Madam	punct
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 Madam	punct
36	Madam	madam	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 said	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 merchants	punct
38	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 merchants	nsubj
39	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 merchants	cop
40	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 merchants	nummod
41	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 Madam	conj
42	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 arrived	nsubj
43	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 arrived	aux
44	lately	lately	ADV	_	45 arrived	advmod
45	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 merchants	acl:relcl
46	from	from	ADP	_	47 Moussoul	case
47	Moussoul	Moussoul	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 arrived	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 owing	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 owing	cc
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 owing	punct
51	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 said	advcl
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 misadventure	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 misadventure	det
54	misadventure	misadventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 owing	obl
55	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 befel	nsubj
56	befel	befel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 misadventure	acl:relcl
57	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 befel	obj
58	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	60 night	det
59	very	very	ADV	_	60 night	advmod
60	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 owing	obl:unmarked
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 reached	punct
62	only	only	ADV	_	63 reached	advmod
63	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 owing	conj
64	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 inn	nmod:poss
65	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 reached	obj
66	to	to	PART	_	67 find	mark
67	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 reached	advcl
68	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 closed	mark
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 doors	det
70	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 closed	nsubj:pass
71	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 closed	aux:pass
72	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 find	ccomp
73	to	to	ADP	_	74 us	case
74	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	72 closed	obl
75	till	till	ADP	_	79 morning	case
76	to	to	ADP	_	79 morning	case
77	-	-	PUNCT	_	76 to	punct
78	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 morning	compound
79	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 closed	obl
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 answered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past · passive	Sadie	the knock					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	is	past	the vizir			knock's beauty		surprised property	tree rules
3	bow	participle	the vizir not said here				before knock	low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before she=Location
4	say speech: assert	past	Sadie not said here	Madam and three merchants				respectfully property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a in a quote	present	we	three merchants					tree rules
6	arrive in a quote	present · perfect	three merchants			Moussoul		lately property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from moussoul=Initial_Location
7	owe in a quote	gerund	Sadie not said here				night	to a misadventure goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to misadventure=Goal
8	befel in a quote	present	a misadventure	us					tree rules
9	reach in a quote	past	Sadie not said here	our inn					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent inn=Theme
10	find in a quote	to-infinitive	Sadie not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
11	close in a quote	past · passive		the doors	us		morning		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to we=Recipient

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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