Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Omar’s Plan of Life., sentence 29
I still wished to see distant countries, listened with rapture to the relations of travellers, and resolved some time to ask my dismission, that I might feast my soul with novelty; but my presence was always necessary, and the stream of business hurried me along.
Who acts: I, presence, stream, my · What happens: wish, see, listen, resolve, ask, feast · To what, where: distant countries, dismission, soul, me
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 (I, presence, stream, my), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 wished | advmod |
| 3 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wished | xcomp |
| 6 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 countries | amod |
| 7 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 listened | punct |
| 9 | listened | listen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 countries | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 rapture | case |
| 11 | rapture | rapture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 listened | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 relations | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 relations | det |
| 14 | relations | relation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 listened | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 travellers | case |
| 16 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 relations | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 resolved | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 resolved | cc |
| 19 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wished | conj |
| 20 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 21 time | det |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 resolved | obj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 ask | mark |
| 23 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 resolved | advcl |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 dismission | nmod:poss |
| 25 | dismission | dismission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ask | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 feast | punct |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 feast | mark |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 feast | nsubj |
| 29 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 feast | aux |
| 30 | feast | feast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 ask | conj |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 soul | nmod:poss |
| 32 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 feast | obj |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 novelty | case |
| 34 | novelty | novelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 feast | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 necessary | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 necessary | cc |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 presence | nmod:poss |
| 38 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 necessary | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 necessary | cop |
| 40 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 41 necessary | advmod |
| 41 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wished | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 hurried | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 hurried | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 stream | det |
| 45 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 hurried | nsubj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 business | case |
| 47 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 stream | nmod |
| 48 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wished | conj |
| 49 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 hurried | obj |
| 50 | along | along | ADV | _ | 48 hurried | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | I | still | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | distant countries | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | listen | participle | distant countries not said here | with rapture; to the relations of travellers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to relation=Theme | ||||
| 4 | resolve | past | I not said here | time | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | I not said here | my dismission | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dismission=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | feast | might | I | my soul | with novelty | tree rules | |||
| 7 | is | past | my presence | always, necessary property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | hurry | past | the stream of business | me | along property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Agent | |||
| 9 | dismiss | my | nom dismission «communication transitive»: 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: «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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