The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 8, sentence 53

In a few days I had quite recovered from the hardships I had undergone, and then the tailor, knowing that it was the custom for the princes of our religion to learn a trade or profession so as to provide for themselves in times of ill-fortune, inquired if there was anything I could do for my living.

Who acts: I, offer, anything, my · What happens: recover, undergo, know, be, learn, provide · To what, where: tailor, hardships, custom, trade · 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 (I, offer, anything, 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 days	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 days	det
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 recovered	obl
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 recovered	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 recovered	aux
7	quite	quite	ADV	_	8 recovered	advmod
8	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 hardships	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hardships	det
11	hardships	hardship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 recovered	obl
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 undergone	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 undergone	aux
14	undergone	undergo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 hardships	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tailor	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 tailor	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 tailor	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tailor	det
19	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recovered	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 knowing	punct
21	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 recovered	advcl
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 custom	mark
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 custom	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 custom	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 custom	det
26	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 knowing	ccomp
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 princes	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 princes	det
29	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 knowing	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 religion	case
31	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 religion	nmod:poss
32	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 princes	nmod
33	to	to	PART	_	34 learn	mark
34	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 knowing	advcl
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 trade	det
36	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 learn	obj
37	or	or	CCONJ	_	38 profession	cc
38	profession	profession	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 trade	conj
39	so	so	ADV	_	42 provide	advmod
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 provide	mark
41	to	to	PART	_	42 provide	mark
42	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 learn	xcomp
43	for	for	ADP	_	44 themselves	case
44	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	42 provide	obl
45	in	in	ADP	_	46 times	case
46	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 provide	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	50 fortune	case
48	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 fortune	amod
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 ill	punct
50	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 times	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 inquired	punct
52	inquired	inquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 recovered	conj
53	if	if	SCONJ	_	55 was	mark
54	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	55 was	expl
55	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 inquired	ccomp
56	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	55 was	nsubj
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 do	nsubj
58	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 do	aux
59	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 anything	acl:relcl
60	for	for	ADP	_	62 living	case
61	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 living	nmod:poss
62	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 do	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 recovered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	past · perfect	I	the tailor	the hardships	day		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from hardship=Source
2	undergo	past · perfect	I	the hardships not said here				tree rules
3	know	gerund	I not said here				for the princes of our religion	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a	past	offer	the custom				tree rules
5	learn	to-infinitive	I not said here	a trade or profession				tree rules
6	provide	to-infinitive	I not said here			time	for trade	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for themselves=Recipient
7	inquire speech: other	participle	I not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	be a condition, not said to happen	past	anything		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	do	could	I				for my living	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	live		my					nom living «cognition intransitive»: 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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