The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 101
After all I had gone through, and my fear of being recognised by some enemy, I could only travel very slowly and cautiously, generally resting in some out-of-the-way place by day, and walking as far as I was able by night, but at length I arrived in the kingdom of my uncle, of whose protection I was sure.
Who acts: all, enemy, I, my · What happens: go through, recognise, travel, rest, walk, be · To what, where: fear, some, length
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (all, enemy, I, my), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 gone | mark |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gone | aux |
| 5 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 travel | advcl |
| 6 | through | through | ADV | _ | 5 gone | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fear | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fear | cc |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 fear | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | conj |
| 11 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 13 recognised | mark |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 recognised | aux:pass |
| 13 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 fear | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 enemy | case |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 enemy | det |
| 16 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 recognised | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gone | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 travel | nsubj |
| 19 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 travel | aux |
| 20 | only | only | ADV | _ | 21 travel | advmod |
| 21 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 22 | very | very | ADV | _ | 23 slowly | advmod |
| 23 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 21 travel | advmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 cautiously | cc |
| 25 | cautiously | cautiously | ADV | _ | 23 slowly | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 resting | punct |
| 27 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 28 resting | advmod |
| 28 | resting | rest | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 travel | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 some | case |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 28 resting | obl |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 38 place | case |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 out | punct |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 place | case |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 of | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 place | det |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 the | punct |
| 37 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 place | compound |
| 38 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 resting | obl |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 day | case |
| 40 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 resting | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 arrived | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 arrived | cc |
| 43 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 57 arrived | csubj |
| 44 | as | as | ADV | _ | 45 far | advmod |
| 45 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 43 walking | advmod |
| 46 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 able | mark |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 able | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 able | cop |
| 49 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 far | advcl |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 night | case |
| 51 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 walking | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 arrived | punct |
| 53 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 57 arrived | cc |
| 54 | at | at | ADP | _ | 55 length | case |
| 55 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 arrived | obl |
| 56 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 arrived | nsubj |
| 57 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 travel | parataxis |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 kingdom | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 kingdom | det |
| 60 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 arrived | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 uncle | case |
| 62 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 63 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 kingdom | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 sure | punct |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 protection | case |
| 66 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 67 protection | nmod:poss |
| 67 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 sure | obl |
| 68 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 sure | nsubj |
| 69 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 sure | cop |
| 70 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 arrived | conj |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 travel | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go through | past · perfect | all | through property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | recognise | gerund · passive | some enemy | my fear not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | travel | could | I | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | rest | gerund | I not said here | some | day | out the way place; generally property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in some=Location | ||
| 5 | walk | gerund | night | far property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | past | I | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | arrive | past | I | length | in the kingdom of my uncle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 8 | is | past | I | of protection; sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | fear | my | nom fear «feeling 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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