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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 9, sentence 97

Then turning to an officer, he added, "Give him a thousand pieces of gold out of my treasury, and twenty waggon-loads of merchandise out of my private stores, and let an escort of soldiers accompany him home."

Who acts: man, escort · What happens: turn, add, give, let, accompany · To what, where: officer, private stores, thousand pieces, man, treasury · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, escort), 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

advmodadvclcasedetoblpunctnsubjpunctpunctccompiobjdetnummodobjcasenmodcasecasenmod:possoblpunctccnummodcompoundpunctparataxiscasenmodcasecasenmod:possamodoblpunctccccompdetnsubjcasenmodparataxisobjadvmodpunctpunctrootThenADVturningVERBtoADPanDETofficerNOUN,PUNCThePRONaddedVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTGiveVERBhimPRONaDETthousandNUMpiecesNOUNofADPgoldNOUNoutADPofADPmyPRONtreasuryNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtwentyNUMwaggonNOUN-PUNCTloadsNOUNofADPmerchandiseNOUNoutADPofADPmyPRONprivateADJstoresNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJletVERBanDETescortNOUNofADPsoldiersNOUNaccompanyVERBhimPRONhomeADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem2 turningadvmod
2turningturnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 addedadvcl
3totoADP_5 officercase
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 officerdet
5officerofficerNOUNNumber=Sing2 turningobl
6,,PUNCT_2 turningpunct
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 addednsubj
8addedaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9,,PUNCT_11 Givepunct
10""PUNCT_11 Givepunct
11GivegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf8 addedccomp
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 Giveiobj
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 thousanddet
14thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card15 piecesnummod
15piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur11 Giveobj
16ofofADP_17 goldcase
17goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing15 piecesnmod
18outoutADP_21 treasurycase
19ofofADP_21 treasurycase
20mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 treasurynmod:poss
21treasurytreasuryNOUNNumber=Sing11 Giveobl
22,,PUNCT_27 loadspunct
23andandCCONJ_27 loadscc
24twentytwentyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card27 loadsnummod
25waggonwaggonNOUNNumber=Sing27 loadscompound
26--PUNCT_25 waggonpunct
27loadsloadNOUNNumber=Plur8 addedparataxis
28ofofADP_29 merchandisecase
29merchandisemerchandiseNOUNNumber=Sing27 loadsnmod
30outoutADP_34 storescase
31ofofADP_34 storescase
32mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 storesnmod:poss
33privateprivateADJDegree=Pos34 storesamod
34storesstoreNOUNNumber=Plur8 addedobl
35,,PUNCT_37 letpunct
36andandCCONJ_37 letcc
37letletVERBVerbForm=Inf8 addedccomp
38anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 escortdet
39escortescortNOUNNumber=Sing42 accompanynsubj
40ofofADP_41 soldierscase
41soldierssoldierNOUNNumber=Plur39 escortnmod
42accompanyaccompanyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 letparataxis
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 accompanyobj
44homehomeADV_42 accompanyadvmod
45..PUNCT_37 letpunct
46""PUNCT_37 letpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turngerundman not said herea officerthenvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to officer=Trajectory
2add speech: assertpastmanmy private storesvn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3give in a quoteinfinitivethousand pieces of goldmanmy treasuryvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme
4let in a quoteinfinitivevn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
5accompany in a quotepresenta escort of soldiersmanhome propertyvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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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