Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet, Concluded., sentence 17
Let not instruction be lost upon thee, as the seal of Mahomet in the well of Aris: but go thy way, let thy flock clothe the naked, and thy table feed the hungry; deliver the poor from oppression, and let thy conversation be Above.
Who acts: you, instruction, thy, table, conversation · What happens: let, lose, go, flock, clothe, feed · To what, where: instruction, way, thy, naked, hungry, poor
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Almet, Concluded.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, instruction, thy, table), 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 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 instruction | advmod |
| 3 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 thee | case |
| 7 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 lost | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 seal | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 seal | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 seal | det |
| 11 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Mahomet | case |
| 13 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 seal | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 well | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 well | det |
| 16 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seal | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Aris | case |
| 18 | Aris | Aris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 well | nmod |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 go | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 go | cc |
| 21 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 22 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 way | nmod:poss |
| 23 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 go | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 let | punct |
| 25 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 go | conj |
| 26 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 let | obj |
| 27 | flock | flock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 let | xcomp |
| 28 | clothe | clothe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 flock | xcomp |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 naked | det |
| 30 | naked | naked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 clothe | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 feed | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 feed | cc |
| 33 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 table | nmod:poss |
| 34 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 feed | nsubj |
| 35 | feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 go | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 hungry | det |
| 37 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 feed | obj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 deliver | punct |
| 39 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 poor | det |
| 41 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 deliver | obj |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 oppression | case |
| 43 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 deliver | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 let | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 let | cc |
| 46 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 39 deliver | conj |
| 47 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 48 conversation | nmod:poss |
| 48 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 let | obj |
| 49 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 let | xcomp |
| 50 | Above | above | ADV | _ | 49 be | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | instruction | as the seal of Mahomet in the well of Aris | tree rules | |||
| 2 | lose | infinitive · passive | instruction not said here | upon thee | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | you not said here | thy way | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | let | infinitive | you not said here | thy | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | flock | infinitive | thy not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | clothe | infinitive | thy not said here | the naked | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naked=Patient | ||||
| 7 | feed | present | thy table | the hungry | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hungry=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | deliver | infinitive | the poor | oppression | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent poor=Theme from oppression=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | let | infinitive | thy conversation | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | be | infinitive | thy conversation not said here | above property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | converse | thy | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: 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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