Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet, Concluded., sentence 2
I was struck with his appearance; and turning hastily to the angel, was about to enquire what could produce such infelicity in a being surrounded with every object that could gratify every sense; but he prevented my request: “The book of nature,” said he, “is before thee; look up, consider it, and be wise.”
Who acts: object, countenance, request, my · What happens: strike, turn, be, enquire, produce, surround · To what, where: I, such infelicity, sense, request · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (object, countenance, request, 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 struck | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | aux:pass |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 appearance | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 6 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 turning | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 turning | cc |
| 9 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 struck | advcl |
| 10 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 9 turning | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 angel | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 angel | det |
| 13 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turning | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 about | punct |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 about | cop |
| 16 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 turning | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 enquire | mark |
| 18 | enquire | enquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 about | xcomp |
| 19 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 produce | obj |
| 20 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 produce | aux |
| 21 | produce | produce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 enquire | ccomp |
| 22 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 infelicity | amod |
| 23 | infelicity | infelicity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 produce | obj |
| 24 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 27 surrounded | mark |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 surrounded | det |
| 26 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 surrounded | aux:pass |
| 27 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 infelicity | acl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 object | case |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 object | det |
| 30 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 gratify | nsubj |
| 32 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 gratify | aux |
| 33 | gratify | gratify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 object | acl:relcl |
| 34 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 sense | det |
| 35 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 gratify | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 prevented | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 prevented | cc |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 prevented | nsubj |
| 39 | prevented | prevent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | parataxis |
| 40 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 request | nmod:poss |
| 41 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 said | nsubj |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 book | punct |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 book | punct |
| 44 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 book | det |
| 45 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 request | appos |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 nature | case |
| 47 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 book | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 book | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 book | punct |
| 50 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 prevented | parataxis |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 said | ccomp |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 he | punct |
| 53 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 thee | punct |
| 54 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 thee | cop |
| 55 | before | before | ADP | _ | 56 thee | case |
| 56 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 he | conj |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 look | punct |
| 58 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 39 prevented | parataxis |
| 59 | up | up | ADP | _ | 58 look | compound:prt |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 consider | punct |
| 61 | consider | consider | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 look | conj |
| 62 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 consider | obj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 wise | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 wise | cc |
| 65 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 66 wise | cop |
| 66 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 struck | conj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
| 68 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past · passive | I | with countenance's appearance | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with appearance=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | turn | gerund | to the angel result; hastily property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to angel=Result | |||||
| 3 | is | past | about property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | enquire speech: other | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 5 | produce | could | such infelicity | what obj | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | surround | gerund · passive | every object | such infelicity not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | gratify | could | every object | every sense | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sense=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | prevent | past | countenance | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | say speech: assert | past | my request | countenance ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | is in a quote | present | my request not said here | before thee | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | look up in a quote | infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 12 | consider in a quote | infinitive | request | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | |||||
| 13 | is in a quote | infinitive | wise property | tree rules | |||||
| 14 | request | my | nom request «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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