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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 38

"But," added the third, "it may interest you, madam, to know that we are not men of low birth, but are all three sons of kings, and of kings, too, whom the world holds in high esteem."

Who acts: answer, we, world · What happens: add, interest, know, not be, be, hold · To what, where: third, you, men, three sons, kings, high esteem · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (answer, we, world), 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

punctccpunctpunctdetobjpunctpunctnsubjauxparataxisobjpunctconjpunctmarkconjmarknsubjcopadvmodobjcaseamodnmodpunctcccopadvmodnummodapposcasenmodpunctcccaseconjpunctadvmodpunctobjdetnsubjconjcaseamodoblpunctpunctroot"PUNCTButCCONJ,PUNCT"PUNCTaddedVERBtheDETthirdADJ,PUNCT"PUNCTitPRONmayAUXinterestNOUNyouPRON,PUNCTmadamNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTknowVERBthatSCONJwePRONareAUXnotPARTmenNOUNofADPlowADJbirthNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJareAUXallADVthreeNUMsonsNOUNofADPkingsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJofADPkingsNOUN,PUNCTtooADV,PUNCTwhomPRONtheDETworldNOUNholdsVERBinADPhighADJesteemNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_5 addedpunct
2ButbutCCONJ_5 addedcc
3,,PUNCT_2 Butpunct
4""PUNCT_5 addedpunct
5addedaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 thirddet
7thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord5 addedobj
8,,PUNCT_12 interestpunct
9""PUNCT_12 interestpunct
10ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 interestnsubj
11maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin12 interestaux
12interestinterestNOUNNumber=Sing5 addedparataxis
13youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs12 interestobj
14,,PUNCT_15 madampunct
15madammadamNOUNNumber=Sing12 interestconj
16,,PUNCT_18 knowpunct
17totoPART_18 knowmark
18knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf5 addedconj
19thatthatSCONJ_23 menmark
20wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs23 mennsubj
21arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 mencop
22notnotPARTPolarity=Neg23 menadvmod
23menmanNOUNNumber=Plur18 knowobj
24ofofADP_26 birthcase
25lowlowADJDegree=Pos26 birthamod
26birthbirthNOUNNumber=Sing23 mennmod
27,,PUNCT_32 sonspunct
28butbutCCONJ_32 sonscc
29arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin32 sonscop
30allallADV_32 sonsadvmod
31threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card32 sonsnummod
32sonssonNOUNNumber=Plur23 menappos
33ofofADP_34 kingscase
34kingskingNOUNNumber=Plur32 sonsnmod
35,,PUNCT_38 kingspunct
36andandCCONJ_38 kingscc
37ofofADP_38 kingscase
38kingskingNOUNNumber=Plur23 menconj
39,,PUNCT_38 kingspunct
40tootooADV_38 kingsadvmod
41,,PUNCT_45 holdspunct
42whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel45 holdsobj
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 worlddet
44worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing45 holdsnsubj
45holdsholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 kingsconj
46ininADP_48 esteemcase
47highhighADJDegree=Pos48 esteemamod
48esteemesteemNOUNNumber=Sing45 holdsobl
49..PUNCT_23 menpunct
50""PUNCT_23 menpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1add speech: assertpastthe thirdtree rules
2interest in a quotemayansweryoutree rules
3know in a quoteto-infinitivevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4not is a in a quotepresentwemen and kingsof low birthtree rules
5is a in a quotepresentthree sonsof kings; all propertytree rules
6hold in a quotepresentthe worldkingshigh esteemvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whom=Theme in esteem=Location

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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