Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet., sentence 8
Almet listened, with looks of astonishment and pity, to this complaint of a being, in whom reason was known to be a pledge of immortality; but the serenity of his countenance soon returned; and stretching out his hand towards heaven, “Stranger,” said he, “the knowledge which I have received from the Prophet, I will communicate to thee.
Who acts: Almet, countenance · What happens: listen, be, know, return, stretch out, say · To what, where: serenity, reason, pledge, hand, knowledge, Prophet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Almet.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Almet, countenance), 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 | Almet | Almet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 listened | nsubj |
| 2 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 looks | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 looks | case |
| 5 | looks | look | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 listened | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 astonishment | case |
| 7 | astonishment | astonishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 pity | cc |
| 9 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 astonishment | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 complaint | punct |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 complaint | case |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 complaint | det |
| 13 | complaint | complaint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 listened | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 whom | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 whom | det |
| 16 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 whom | cop |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 whom | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 whom | case |
| 19 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 complaint | nmod |
| 20 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 known | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 known | aux:pass |
| 22 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 whom | acl:relcl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 pledge | mark |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 pledge | cop |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 pledge | det |
| 26 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 known | xcomp |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 immortality | case |
| 28 | immortality | immortality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 pledge | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 serenity | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 serenity | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 serenity | det |
| 32 | serenity | serenity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 listened | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 countenance | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 countenance | nmod:poss |
| 35 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 serenity | nmod |
| 36 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 37 returned | advmod |
| 37 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 countenance | acl:relcl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 said | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 stretching | cc |
| 40 | stretching | stretch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 said | ccomp |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 stretching | compound:prt |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 hand | nmod:poss |
| 43 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stretching | obj |
| 44 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 45 heaven | case |
| 45 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stretching | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 Stranger | punct |
| 47 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 Stranger | punct |
| 48 | Stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stretching | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 stretching | punct |
| 50 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 stretching | punct |
| 51 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 listened | parataxis |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 said | nsubj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 knowledge | punct |
| 54 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 knowledge | punct |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 knowledge | det |
| 56 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 said | ccomp |
| 57 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 received | nsubj:pass |
| 58 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 received | nsubj |
| 59 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 received | aux |
| 60 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 knowledge | acl:relcl |
| 61 | from | from | ADP | _ | 63 Prophet | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Prophet | det |
| 63 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 received | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 communicate | punct |
| 65 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 67 communicate | nsubj |
| 66 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 communicate | aux |
| 67 | communicate | communicate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 said | conj |
| 68 | to | to | ADP | _ | 69 thee | case |
| 69 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 67 communicate | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 listened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | past | Almet | the serenity of Almet's countenance | with looks of astonishment and pity; to this complaint | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to complaint=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | know | past · passive | reason | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | is a | to-infinitive | a pledge | of immortality | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | return | past | Almet's countenance not said here | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stretch out | gerund | Almet's hand | towards heaven; Stranger obl | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient towards heaven=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | Almet | the knowledge ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | receive in a quote | present · perfect · passive | the knowledge | the Prophet | I nsubj | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from prophet=Source | |||
| 9 | communicate in a quote | future | Almet | to thee | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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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