The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 6, sentence 92
We must do our duty," she said with a deep sigh, pushing back her sleeves, and, taking a whip from Sadie, she said to the man, "Take one of those dogs to my sister Amina and give me the other."
Who acts: We, porter · What happens: do, say, push back, take, give · To what, where: duty, sleeves, whip, Sadie, one, sister · 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 (We, porter), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 do | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 do | aux |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 duty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 do | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 do | parataxis |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 sigh | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sigh | det |
| 12 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sigh | amod |
| 13 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pushing | punct |
| 15 | pushing | push | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 said | advcl |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 pushing | advmod |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 sleeves | nmod:poss |
| 18 | sleeves | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 pushing | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 taking | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 taking | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 taking | punct |
| 22 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 said | advcl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 whip | det |
| 24 | whip | whip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 taking | obj |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 Sadie | case |
| 26 | Sadie | Sadie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 taking | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 said | punct |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 said | nsubj |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | conj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 man | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 man | det |
| 32 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 said | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Take | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 Take | punct |
| 35 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 said | ccomp |
| 36 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 Take | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 dogs | case |
| 38 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 39 dogs | det |
| 39 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 one | nmod |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 sister | case |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 sister | nmod:poss |
| 42 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Take | obl |
| 43 | Amina | Amina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 sister | appos |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 give | cc |
| 45 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 Take | conj |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 give | iobj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 other | det |
| 48 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 give | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | must | We | our duty | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | porter | with a deep sigh | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with sigh=Manner | ||||
| 3 | push back in a quote | gerund | porter not said here | porter's sleeves | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take in a quote | gerund | porter not said here | a whip | Sadie | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent whip=Theme from sadie=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | porter | to the man | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to man=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | take | infinitive | one of that dogs | my sister | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme to sister=Destination | ||||
| 7 | give | infinitive | the other | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient other=Theme |
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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