Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 26
But he who had been neglected at Tauris, was not much regarded at Bassora; he was considered as a fugitive, who returned only because he could live in no other place; his companions found that they had formerly over-rated his abilities, and he lived long without notice or esteem.
Who acts: fugitive, service, companions · What happens: neglect, not regard, consider, return, live, find · To what, where: service, Tauris, Bassora, other place, over-rated abilities · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (fugitive, service, companions), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 neglected | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 neglected | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 neglected | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 neglected | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 neglected | aux:pass |
| 6 | neglected | neglect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Tauris | case |
| 8 | Tauris | Tauris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 neglected | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 regarded | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 regarded | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 regarded | advmod |
| 12 | much | much | ADV | _ | 13 regarded | advmod |
| 13 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 Tauris | acl:relcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 Bassora | case |
| 15 | Bassora | Bassora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 regarded | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 considered | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 considered | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 considered | aux:pass |
| 19 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 neglected | conj |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 fugitive | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 fugitive | det |
| 22 | fugitive | fugitive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 considered | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 returned | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 returned | nsubj |
| 25 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 fugitive | acl:relcl |
| 26 | only | only | ADV | _ | 30 live | advmod |
| 27 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 30 live | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 live | nsubj |
| 29 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 live | aux |
| 30 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 returned | ccomp |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 place | case |
| 32 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 34 place | det |
| 33 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 place | amod |
| 34 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 live | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 found | punct |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 companions | nmod:poss |
| 37 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 found | nsubj |
| 38 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 considered | parataxis |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 had | mark |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 had | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 found | ccomp |
| 42 | formerly | formerly | ADV | _ | 43 over-rated | advmod |
| 43 | over-rated | over-rated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 abilities | amod |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 abilities | nmod:poss |
| 45 | abilities | ability | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 had | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 lived | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 lived | cc |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 lived | nsubj |
| 49 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 found | conj |
| 50 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 49 lived | advmod |
| 51 | without | without | ADP | _ | 52 notice | case |
| 52 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 lived | obl |
| 53 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 54 esteem | cc |
| 54 | esteem | esteem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 notice | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 neglected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | neglect | past · perfect · passive | service | Tauris | who nsubj:pass | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | not regard | past · passive | Tauris not said here | Bassora | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | consider | past · passive | service | as a fugitive | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | return | past | a fugitive | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | live | could | service | no other place | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | ||||
| 6 | find | past | service's companions | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | have | past | companions = companion | service's over-rated abilities | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Patient | ||||
| 8 | live | past | service | without notice or esteem; long property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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