Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet, Concluded., sentence 5
I turned again towards the angel, impatient to enquire from what secret source happiness was derived, in a situation so different from that in which it might have been expected: but he again prevented my requested: “Almet,” said he, “remember what thou hast seen, and let this memorial be written upon the tablets of thy heart.
Who acts: I, sprightliness, Almet, thou · What happens: turn, enquire, derive, expect, prevent, request · To what, where: secret source happiness, situation, happiness, memorial · 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 (I, sprightliness, Almet, thou), 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 | 2 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 turned | advmod |
| 4 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 6 angel | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 angel | det |
| 6 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turned | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 impatient | punct |
| 8 | impatient | impatient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 angel | amod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 enquire | mark |
| 10 | enquire | enquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 impatient | xcomp |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 what | case |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 enquire | obl |
| 13 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 happiness | amod |
| 14 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 happiness | compound |
| 15 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 derived | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 derived | aux:pass |
| 17 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 what | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 situation | punct |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 situation | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 situation | det |
| 21 | situation | situation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 derived | obl |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 different | advmod |
| 23 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 situation | amod |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 that | case |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 different | obl |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 which | case |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 expected | obl |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 expected | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 expected | aux |
| 30 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 expected | aux |
| 31 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 expected | aux:pass |
| 32 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 different | advcl |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 prevented | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 prevented | cc |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 prevented | nsubj |
| 36 | again | again | ADV | _ | 37 prevented | advmod |
| 37 | prevented | prevent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 turned | parataxis |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 requested | nmod:poss |
| 39 | requested | request | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 prevented | parataxis |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 said | punct |
| 41 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 said | punct |
| 42 | Almet | Almet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 said | nsubj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Almet | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 Almet | punct |
| 45 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 prevented | conj |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 said | nsubj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 remember | punct |
| 48 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 remember | punct |
| 49 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 said | ccomp |
| 50 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 53 seen | obj |
| 51 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 seen | nsubj |
| 52 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 seen | aux |
| 53 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 remember | ccomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 let | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 let | cc |
| 56 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 remember | conj |
| 57 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 memorial | det |
| 58 | memorial | memorial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 written | nsubj:pass |
| 59 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 written | aux:pass |
| 60 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 let | xcomp |
| 61 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 63 tablets | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 tablets | det |
| 63 | tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 written | obl |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 heart | case |
| 65 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 66 heart | nmod:poss |
| 66 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 tablets | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | I | again | towards the angel | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards angel=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | enquire speech: other | to-infinitive | I not said here | what obl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | derive | past · passive | secret source happiness | a situation | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | expect | might · perfect · passive | happiness | which obl | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | prevent | past | sprightliness | again | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||
| 6 | request | participle | my nmod:poss | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | Almet | sprightliness nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | remember in a quote | infinitive | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 9 | see in a quote | present · perfect | thou | what obj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | let in a quote | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 11 | write in a quote | infinitive · passive | this memorial | upon the tablets of thy heart | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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