Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Omar’s Plan of Life., sentence 20
Through my life it shall be my settled resolution, that I will never depend upon the smile of princes; that I will never stand exposed to the artifices of courts: I will never pant for public honours, nor disturb my quiet with affairs of state.
Who acts: life, I · What happens: settle, be, not depend, not stand, expose, not pant · To what, where: settled resolution, life, artifices, princes
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Omar’s Plan of Life.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 life | nmod:poss |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 resolution | obl |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 resolution | nsubj |
| 5 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 resolution | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 resolution | cop |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 resolution | nmod:poss |
| 8 | settled | settle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 resolution | amod |
| 9 | resolution | resolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 depend | punct |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 depend | mark |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 depend | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 depend | aux |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 depend | advmod |
| 15 | depend | depend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 resolution | conj |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 smile | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 smile | det |
| 18 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 depend | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 princes | case |
| 20 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 smile | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 stand | punct |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 stand | mark |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 stand | nsubj |
| 24 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 stand | aux |
| 25 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 26 stand | advmod |
| 26 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 depend | parataxis |
| 27 | exposed | expose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 stand | advcl |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 artifices | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 artifices | det |
| 30 | artifices | artifice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 exposed | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 courts | case |
| 32 | courts | court | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 artifices | nmod |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 pant | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 pant | nsubj |
| 35 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 pant | aux |
| 36 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 37 pant | advmod |
| 37 | pant | pant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 stand | conj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 honours | case |
| 39 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 honours | amod |
| 40 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 pant | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 disturb | punct |
| 42 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 43 disturb | cc |
| 43 | disturb | disturb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 stand | conj |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 quiet | nmod:poss |
| 45 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 disturb | xcomp |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 affairs | case |
| 47 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 disturb | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 state | case |
| 49 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 affairs | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 resolution | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | settle | participle | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | shall | life | my settled resolution | my life | my nmod:poss | tree rules | ||
| 3 | not depend | future | I | upon the smile of princes | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | not stand | future | I | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | expose | participle | I not said here | the artifices of courts | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to artifice=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | not pant | future | I | for public honours | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for honour=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | disturb | infinitive | I not said here | with affairs of state; quiet property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | smile | princes | nom smile «communication 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: «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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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