The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 8, sentence 51
"Beware," he said, "of telling any one what you have told me, for the prince who governs the kingdom is your father's greatest enemy, and he will be rejoiced to find you in his power."
Who acts: you, tailor, prince, telling · What happens: beware, say, tell, govern, be, rejoice · To what, where: one, prince, you, tailor, kingdom, greatest enemy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, tailor, prince, telling), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Beware | punct |
| 2 | Beware | beware | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Beware | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Beware | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Beware | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 telling | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 telling | punct |
| 9 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 telling | mark |
| 10 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 enemy | csubj |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 one | det |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 telling | obj |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 told | obj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 told | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 told | aux |
| 16 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 one | acl:relcl |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 told | iobj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 prince | punct |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 prince | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 prince | det |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 telling | obj |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 governs | nsubj |
| 23 | governs | govern | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 prince | acl:relcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 kingdom | det |
| 25 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 governs | obj |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 enemy | cop |
| 27 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 father | nmod:poss |
| 28 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 29 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 28 father | case |
| 30 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 enemy | amod |
| 31 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | ccomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 rejoiced | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 rejoiced | cc |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 35 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 rejoiced | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 rejoiced | aux:pass |
| 37 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Beware | parataxis |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 find | mark |
| 39 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 rejoiced | advcl |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 find | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 power | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 power | nmod:poss |
| 43 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 find | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Beware | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Beware | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beware in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | tailor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert in a quote | gerund | any one | the prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient prince=Topic | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present · perfect · passive | you | tailor | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | govern in a quote | present | the prince | the kingdom | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | telling | your father's greatest enemy | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | rejoice in a quote | future · passive | tailor | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | find in a quote | to-infinitive | you | tailor's power | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic |
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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