The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 71
He raised the door and I caught sight of the top of a spiral staircase; then he said, turning to the lady, "Madam, this is the way that will lead you down to the spot which I told you of."
Who acts: prince, I, this, way · What happens: raise, catch, say, turn, be, lead down · To what, where: door, sight, Madam, way, you, spot · 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 (prince, I, this, way), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 raised | nsubj |
| 2 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 raised | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 caught | cc |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 caught | nsubj |
| 7 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 raised | conj |
| 8 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caught | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 top | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 top | det |
| 11 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sight | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 staircase | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 staircase | det |
| 14 | spiral | spiral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 staircase | amod |
| 15 | staircase | staircase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 top | nmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 said | advmod |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 raised | parataxis |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 turning | punct |
| 21 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 said | advcl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 lady | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 lady | det |
| 24 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turning | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Madam | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Madam | punct |
| 27 | Madam | madam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turning | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 way | punct |
| 29 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 way | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 way | cop |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 way | det |
| 32 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | ccomp |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 lead | nsubj |
| 34 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 lead | aux |
| 35 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 way | acl:relcl |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 lead | obj |
| 37 | down | down | ADP | _ | 35 lead | compound:prt |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 spot | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 spot | det |
| 40 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lead | obl |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 told | obj |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 told | nsubj |
| 43 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 spot | acl:relcl |
| 44 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 told | iobj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 told | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 raised | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | prince | the door | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | ||||
| 2 | catch | past | I | sight of the top of a spiral staircase | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | prince | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | turn | gerund | prince not said here | Madam | to the lady result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lady=Result | |||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | this | the way | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lead down in a quote | future | the way | you | the spot | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to spot=Destination | |||
| 7 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | prince | the spot | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Topic | |||
| 8 | sight | the top of a spiral staircase | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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