The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 47

It is not just that the others should have heard my story and that I should not hear theirs," and without waiting for permission he seated himself on the end of the sofa occupied by the ladies, whilst the rest crouched on the carpet, and the slaves stood against the wall.

Who acts: I, Highness, slaves · What happens: not be, not hear, wait, seat, occupy, crouch · To what, where: care, others, Highness, end, sofa, rest · 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 (I, Highness, slaves), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 heard	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 heard	advmod
4	just	just	ADV	_	10 heard	advmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 heard	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 others	det
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heard	nsubj:pass
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	aux
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 heard	aux
10	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 story	nmod:poss
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heard	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hear	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 hear	mark
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 hear	nsubj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 hear	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 hear	advmod
18	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 heard	conj
19	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hear	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hear	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 hear	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 waiting	cc
23	without	without	SCONJ	_	24 waiting	mark
24	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 heard	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	26 permission	case
26	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 waiting	obl
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 seated	nsubj
28	seated	seat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 permission	acl:relcl
29	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	28 seated	obj
30	on	on	ADP	_	32 end	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 end	det
32	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 seated	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 sofa	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 sofa	det
35	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 end	nmod
36	occupied	occupy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 sofa	acl
37	by	by	ADP	_	39 ladies	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ladies	det
39	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 occupied	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 rest	punct
41	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	43 rest	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 rest	det
43	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 waiting	obl
44	crouched	crouch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 rest	acl
45	on	on	ADP	_	47 carpet	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 carpet	det
47	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 crouched	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 stood	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 stood	cc
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 slaves	det
51	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 stood	nsubj
52	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	conj
53	against	against	ADP	_	55 wall	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 wall	det
55	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 stood	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	should · present · perfect · passive		care			hear property	tree rules
2	not hear	should	I	others = other				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer their=Stimulus
3	wait in a quote	gerund					for permission; whilst the rest	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	seat in a quote	past	Highness	Highness		on the end of the sofa		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value
5	occupy in a quote	participle		the sofa not said here			by the ladies	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	crouch in a quote	participle		the rest not said here	the carpet			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on carpet=Location
7	stand in a quote	past	the slaves		the wall			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against wall=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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