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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 6, sentence 84

When they had finished Zobeida rose from her seat, and, taking Amina by the hand, she said to her, "My sister, our friends will excuse us if we seem to forget their presence and fulfil our nightly task."

Who acts: Calenders, finished Zobeida, seat, friends, we, our · What happens: finish, rise, take, say, excuse, seem · To what, where: seat, Amina, Giafar, us, presence, nightly task · 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 (Calenders, finished Zobeida, seat, friends), 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

advmodnsubjauxamodnsubjcasenmod:possoblpunctccpunctadvclobjcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjcaseoblpunctpunctnmod:possccomppunctnmod:possnsubjauxparataxisobjmarknsubjadvclmarkxcompnmod:possobjccconjnmod:possamodobjpunctpunctrootWhenADVtheyPRONhadAUXfinishedVERBZobeidaPROPNroseVERBfromADPherPRONseatNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTtakingVERBAminaPROPNbyADPtheDEThandNOUN,PUNCTshePRONsaidVERBtoADPherPRON,PUNCT"PUNCTMyPRONsisterNOUN,PUNCTourPRONfriendsNOUNwillAUXexcuseVERBusPRONifSCONJwePRONseemVERBtoPARTforgetVERBtheirPRONpresenceNOUNandCCONJfulfilVERBourPRONnightlyADJtaskNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 finishedadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 finishednsubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 finishedaux
4finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 Zobeidaamod
5ZobeidaZobeidaPROPNNumber=Sing6 rosensubj
6roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7fromfromADP_9 seatcase
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 seatnmod:poss
9seatseatNOUNNumber=Sing6 roseobl
10,,PUNCT_13 takingpunct
11andandCCONJ_13 takingcc
12,,PUNCT_13 takingpunct
13takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 roseadvcl
14AminaAminaPROPNNumber=Sing13 takingobj
15bybyADP_17 handcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 handdet
17handhandNOUNNumber=Sing13 takingobl
18,,PUNCT_20 saidpunct
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 saidnsubj
20saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 roseconj
21totoADP_22 hercase
22hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 saidobl
23,,PUNCT_26 sisterpunct
24""PUNCT_26 sisterpunct
25MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 sisternmod:poss
26sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing20 saidccomp
27,,PUNCT_31 excusepunct
28ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 friendsnmod:poss
29friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur31 excusensubj
30willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin31 excuseaux
31excuseexcuseVERBVerbForm=Inf26 sisterparataxis
32uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs31 excuseobj
33ififSCONJ_35 seemmark
34wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs35 seemnsubj
35seemseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 excuseadvcl
36totoPART_37 forgetmark
37forgetforgetVERBVerbForm=Inf35 seemxcomp
38theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 presencenmod:poss
39presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing37 forgetobj
40andandCCONJ_41 fulfilcc
41fulfilfulfilVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 forgetconj
42ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 tasknmod:poss
43nightlynightlyADJDegree=Pos44 taskamod
44tasktaskNOUNNumber=Sing41 fulfilobj
45..PUNCT_26 sisterpunct
46""PUNCT_26 sisterpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1finishpast · perfectCalenders = calendervn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2risepastfinished ZobeidaGiafar's seatvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from seat=Initial_Location
3takegerundfinished Zobeida not said hereAminaby the handvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument amina=Destination
4say speech: assertpastseatGiafarvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
5excuse in a quotefutureour friendsusvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
6seem a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentwevn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
7forget in a quoteto-infinitivewe not said hereCalenders's presencetree rules
8fulfil in a quotepresentwe not said hereour nightly tasktree rules
9task in a quoteournom task «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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