Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Omar’s Plan of Life., sentence 6
He gave back to the calif the keys of trust, and the seals of secrecy; and sought no other pleasure for the remains of life than the converse of the wise, and the gratitude of the good.
Who acts: vigour · What happens: give back, seek · To what, where: seals, calif, other pleasure
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 (vigour), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 gave | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 calif | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 calif | det |
| 6 | calif | calif | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 keys | det |
| 8 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 calif | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 trust | case |
| 10 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keys | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 seals | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 seals | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 seals | det |
| 14 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 secrecy | case |
| 16 | secrecy | secrecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 seals | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 sought | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sought | cc |
| 19 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 22 pleasure | det |
| 21 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 pleasure | amod |
| 22 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sought | obj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 remains | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 remains | det |
| 25 | remains | remains | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 19 sought | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 life | case |
| 27 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 remains | nmod |
| 28 | than | than | ADP | _ | 30 converse | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 converse | det |
| 30 | converse | converse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 life | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 wise | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 wise | det |
| 33 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 converse | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 gratitude | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 gratitude | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 gratitude | det |
| 37 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | parataxis |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 good | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 good | det |
| 40 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 gratitude | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | past | vigour | the seals of secrecy | the calif the keys of trust | the gratitude of the good parataxis | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to calif=Recipient | ||
| 2 | seek | past | vigour not said here | no other pleasure | for the remains of life than the converse of the wise | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pleasure=Location for remains=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: «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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