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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 1

In the time when Bassora was considered as the school of Asia, and flourished by the reputation of its professors, and the confluence of its students, among the students that listened round the chair of Albumazar was Gelaleddin, a native of Taurus, in Persia, a young man, amiable in his manners, and beautiful in his form, of boundless curiosity, incessant diligence, and irresistible genius, of quick apprehension and tenacious memory, accurate without narrowness, and eager for novelty without inconstancy.

Who acts: students, confluence, Bassora · What happens: consider, flourish, listen, be, repute, form · To what, where: Bassora, Persia, Gelaleddin, professors

This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (students, confluence, Bassora), 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

casedetobladvmodnsubj:passaux:passcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccconjcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccdetnsubjcasenmod:possnmodpunctcasedetconjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmodcopxcomppunctdetapposcasenmodpunctcaseoblpunctdetamodappospunctamodcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjcasenmod:possoblpunctcaseamodxcomppunctamodconjpunctccamodconjpunctcaseamodxcompccamodconjpunctamodcaseoblpunctccconjcaseoblcaseoblpunctrootInADPtheDETtimeNOUNwhenADVBassoraPROPNwasAUXconsideredVERBasADPtheDETschoolNOUNofADPAsiaPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJflourishedVERBbyADPtheDETreputationNOUNofADPitsPRONprofessorsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETconfluenceNOUNofADPitsPRONstudentsNOUN,PUNCTamongADPtheDETstudentsNOUNthatPRONlistenedVERBroundADPtheDETchairNOUNofADPAlbumazarPROPNwasAUXGelaleddinPROPN,PUNCTaDETnativeNOUNofADPTaurusPROPN,PUNCTinADPPersiaPROPN,PUNCTaDETyoungADJmanNOUN,PUNCTamiableADJinADPhisPRONmannersNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbeautifulADJinADPhisPRONformNOUN,PUNCTofADPboundlessADJcuriosityNOUN,PUNCTincessantADJdiligenceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJirresistibleADJgeniusNOUN,PUNCTofADPquickADJapprehensionNOUNandCCONJtenaciousADJmemoryNOUN,PUNCTaccurateADJwithoutADPnarrownessNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJeagerADJforADPnoveltyNOUNwithoutADPinconstancyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 timecase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 timedet
3timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing7 consideredobl
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int7 consideredadvmod
5BassoraBassoraPROPNNumber=Sing7 considerednsubj:pass
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 consideredaux:pass
7consideredconsiderVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8asasADP_10 schoolcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 schooldet
10schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing7 consideredobl
11ofofADP_12 Asiacase
12AsiaAsiaPROPNNumber=Sing10 schoolnmod
13,,PUNCT_15 flourishedpunct
14andandCCONJ_15 flourishedcc
15flourishedflourishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 consideredconj
16bybyADP_18 reputationcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 reputationdet
18reputationreputationNOUNNumber=Sing15 flourishedobl
19ofofADP_21 professorscase
20itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 professorsnmod:poss
21professorsprofessorNOUNNumber=Plur18 reputationnmod
22,,PUNCT_41 Gelaleddinpunct
23andandCCONJ_41 Gelaleddincc
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 confluencedet
25confluenceconfluenceNOUNNumber=Sing41 Gelaleddinnsubj
26ofofADP_28 studentscase
27itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 studentsnmod:poss
28studentsstudentNOUNNumber=Plur25 confluencenmod
29,,PUNCT_32 studentspunct
30amongamongADP_32 studentscase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 studentsdet
32studentsstudentNOUNNumber=Plur28 studentsconj
33thatthatPRONPronType=Rel34 listenednsubj
34listenedlistenVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 studentsacl:relcl
35roundroundADP_37 chaircase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 chairdet
37chairchairNOUNNumber=Sing34 listenedobl
38ofofADP_39 Albumazarcase
39AlbumazarAlbumazarPROPNNumber=Sing37 chairnmod
40wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 Gelaleddincop
41GelaleddinGelaleddinPROPNNumber=Sing7 consideredxcomp
42,,PUNCT_44 nativepunct
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 nativedet
44nativenativeNOUNNumber=Sing41 Gelaleddinappos
45ofofADP_46 Tauruscase
46TaurusTaurusPROPNNumber=Sing44 nativenmod
47,,PUNCT_49 Persiapunct
48ininADP_49 Persiacase
49PersiaPersiaPROPNNumber=Sing7 consideredobl
50,,PUNCT_53 manpunct
51aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art53 mandet
52youngyoungADJDegree=Pos53 manamod
53manmanNOUNNumber=Sing49 Persiaappos
54,,PUNCT_55 amiablepunct
55amiableamiableADJDegree=Pos53 manamod
56ininADP_58 mannerscase
57hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 mannersnmod:poss
58mannersmannersNOUNNumber=Ptan55 amiableobl
59,,PUNCT_61 beautifulpunct
60andandCCONJ_61 beautifulcc
61beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos7 consideredconj
62ininADP_64 formcase
63hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs64 formnmod:poss
64formformNOUNNumber=Sing61 beautifulobl
65,,PUNCT_68 curiositypunct
66ofofADP_68 curiositycase
67boundlessboundlessADJDegree=Pos68 curiosityamod
68curiositycuriosityNOUNNumber=Sing7 consideredxcomp
69,,PUNCT_71 diligencepunct
70incessantincessantADJDegree=Pos71 diligenceamod
71diligencediligenceNOUNNumber=Sing68 curiosityconj
72,,PUNCT_75 geniuspunct
73andandCCONJ_75 geniuscc
74irresistibleirresistibleADJDegree=Pos75 geniusamod
75geniusgeniusNOUNNumber=Sing7 consideredconj
76,,PUNCT_79 apprehensionpunct
77ofofADP_79 apprehensioncase
78quickquickADJDegree=Pos79 apprehensionamod
79apprehensionapprehensionNOUNNumber=Sing7 consideredxcomp
80andandCCONJ_82 memorycc
81tenacioustenaciousADJDegree=Pos82 memoryamod
82memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing79 apprehensionconj
83,,PUNCT_84 accuratepunct
84accurateaccurateADJDegree=Pos79 apprehensionamod
85withoutwithoutADP_86 narrownesscase
86narrownessnarrownessNOUNNumber=Sing84 accurateobl
87,,PUNCT_89 eagerpunct
88andandCCONJ_89 eagercc
89eagereagerADJDegree=Pos84 accurateconj
90forforADP_91 noveltycase
91noveltynoveltyNOUNNumber=Sing89 eagerobl
92withoutwithoutADP_93 inconstancycase
93inconstancyinconstancyNOUNNumber=Sing84 accurateobl
94..PUNCT_7 consideredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1considerpast · passiveBassoraPersiatimeas the school of Asia; boundless curiosity and incessant diligence xcomp; irresistible genius conj; quick apprehension and tenacious memory xcompvn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2flourishparticipleby the reputation of reputation's professorsvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by reputation=Location
3listenpastthe studentsround the chair of Albumazarvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round chair=Theme
4is apastthe confluence of confluence's students and the studentsGelaleddina native of Taurus appostree rules
5reputereputation's professorsnom reputation «state transitive»: of=patient
6formBassoranom form «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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