Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Omar’s Plan of Life., sentence 36
With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement; with a restless desire of seeing different countries, I have always resided in the same city; with the highest expectation of connubial felicity, I have lived unmarried; and with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat.
Who acts: I, restless desire · What happens: trifle away, see, reside, live, unmarry, go · To what, where: different countries, same city, highest expectation, connubial felicity, contemplative retirement
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, restless desire), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 4 thirst | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 thirst | det |
| 3 | insatiable | insatiable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thirst | amod |
| 4 | thirst | thirst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trifled | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 knowledge | case |
| 6 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thirst | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thirst | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 trifled | nsubj |
| 9 | trifled | trifle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 trifled | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 years | det |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 trifled | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 improvement | case |
| 14 | improvement | improvement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 years | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 desire | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 desire | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 desire | det |
| 18 | restless | restless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 desire | amod |
| 19 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trifled | obl |
| 20 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 21 seeing | mark |
| 21 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 desire | acl |
| 22 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 countries | amod |
| 23 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 seeing | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 resided | punct |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 resided | nsubj |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 resided | aux |
| 27 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 28 resided | advmod |
| 28 | resided | reside | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 desire | conj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 city | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 city | det |
| 31 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 city | amod |
| 32 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 resided | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 expectation | punct |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 expectation | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 expectation | det |
| 36 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 37 expectation | amod |
| 37 | expectation | expectation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 resided | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 felicity | case |
| 39 | connubial | connubial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 felicity | amod |
| 40 | felicity | felicity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 expectation | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 lived | punct |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 lived | nsubj |
| 43 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 lived | aux |
| 44 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 expectation | acl |
| 45 | unmarried | unmarry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 lived | xcomp |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 going | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 going | cc |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 resolutions | case |
| 49 | unalterable | unalterable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 resolutions | amod |
| 50 | resolutions | resolution | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 going | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 retirement | case |
| 52 | contemplative | contemplative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 retirement | amod |
| 53 | retirement | retirement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 resolutions | nmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 resolutions | punct |
| 55 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 going | nsubj |
| 56 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 going | aux |
| 57 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 trifled | advcl |
| 58 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 die | mark |
| 59 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 going | xcomp |
| 60 | within | within | ADP | _ | 62 walls | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 walls | det |
| 62 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 die | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 Bagdat | case |
| 64 | Bagdat | Bagdat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 walls | nmod |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 trifled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trifle away | past | I | year | with a insatiable thirst for knowledge; with a restless desire; away property | vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thirst=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | gerund | a restless desire not said here | different countries | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | reside | present · perfect | I | the same city | with the highest expectation of connubial felicity; always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | |||
| 4 | live | present · perfect | I | the highest expectation of connubial felicity not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | unmarry | participle | I not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | go | present · progressive | I | with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | die | to-infinitive | I not said here | within the walls of Bagdat | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 8 | expect | connubial felicity | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | resolve | contemplative retirement | nom resolution «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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