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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | obl |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 considered | advmod |
| 5 | Bassora | Bassora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 considered | aux:pass |
| 7 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 school | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 school | det |
| 10 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Asia | case |
| 12 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 school | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 flourished | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 flourished | cc |
| 15 | flourished | flourish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 considered | conj |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 reputation | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 reputation | det |
| 18 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flourished | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 professors | case |
| 20 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 professors | nmod:poss |
| 21 | professors | professor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 reputation | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Gelaleddin | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 Gelaleddin | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 confluence | det |
| 25 | confluence | confluence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Gelaleddin | nsubj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 students | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 students | nmod:poss |
| 28 | students | student | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 confluence | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 students | punct |
| 30 | among | among | ADP | _ | 32 students | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 students | det |
| 32 | students | student | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 students | conj |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 listened | nsubj |
| 34 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 students | acl:relcl |
| 35 | round | round | ADP | _ | 37 chair | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 chair | det |
| 37 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 listened | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Albumazar | case |
| 39 | Albumazar | Albumazar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 chair | nmod |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 Gelaleddin | cop |
| 41 | Gelaleddin | Gelaleddin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | xcomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 native | punct |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 native | det |
| 44 | native | native | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Gelaleddin | appos |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Taurus | case |
| 46 | Taurus | Taurus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 native | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Persia | punct |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 Persia | case |
| 49 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 man | punct |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 man | det |
| 52 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 man | amod |
| 53 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 Persia | appos |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 amiable | punct |
| 55 | amiable | amiable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 man | amod |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 manners | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 manners | nmod:poss |
| 58 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 55 amiable | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 beautiful | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 beautiful | cc |
| 61 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 considered | conj |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 form | case |
| 63 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 form | nmod:poss |
| 64 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 beautiful | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 curiosity | punct |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 curiosity | case |
| 67 | boundless | boundless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 curiosity | amod |
| 68 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | xcomp |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 diligence | punct |
| 70 | incessant | incessant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 diligence | amod |
| 71 | diligence | diligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 curiosity | conj |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 genius | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 genius | cc |
| 74 | irresistible | irresistible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 genius | amod |
| 75 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | conj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 apprehension | punct |
| 77 | of | of | ADP | _ | 79 apprehension | case |
| 78 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 apprehension | amod |
| 79 | apprehension | apprehension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 considered | xcomp |
| 80 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 82 memory | cc |
| 81 | tenacious | tenacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 82 memory | amod |
| 82 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 apprehension | conj |
| 83 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 accurate | punct |
| 84 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 apprehension | amod |
| 85 | without | without | ADP | _ | 86 narrowness | case |
| 86 | narrowness | narrowness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 accurate | obl |
| 87 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 eager | punct |
| 88 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 89 eager | cc |
| 89 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 84 accurate | conj |
| 90 | for | for | ADP | _ | 91 novelty | case |
| 91 | novelty | novelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 eager | obl |
| 92 | without | without | ADP | _ | 93 inconstancy | case |
| 93 | inconstancy | inconstancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 accurate | obl |
| 94 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 considered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | past · passive | Bassora | Persia | time | as the school of Asia; boundless curiosity and incessant diligence xcomp; irresistible genius conj; quick apprehension and tenacious memory xcomp | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | ||
| 2 | flourish | participle | by the reputation of reputation's professors | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by reputation=Location | |||||
| 3 | listen | past | the students | round the chair of Albumazar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round chair=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | the confluence of confluence's students and the students | Gelaleddin | a native of Taurus appos | tree rules | |||
| 5 | repute | reputation's professors | nom reputation «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | form | Bassora | nom 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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