Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 3
He passed from class to class rather admired than envied by those whom the rapidity of his progress left behind; he was consulted by his fellow-students as an oraculous guide, and admitted as a competent auditor to the conference of the sages.
Who acts: Gelaleddin, fellow students · What happens: pass, admire, envy, leave behind, consult, admit · To what, where: class, progress, Gelaleddin
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 (Gelaleddin, fellow students), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 passed | nsubj |
| 2 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 class | case |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 passed | obl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 class | case |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 admired | obl |
| 7 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 8 admired | advmod |
| 8 | admired | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 passed | conj |
| 9 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 10 envied | mark |
| 10 | envied | envy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 admired | xcomp |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 those | case |
| 12 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 envied | obl |
| 13 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 those | nmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rapidity | det |
| 15 | rapidity | rapidity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 whom | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 progress | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 progress | nmod:poss |
| 18 | progress | progress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rapidity | nmod |
| 19 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 progress | acl |
| 20 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 19 left | advmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 consulted | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 consulted | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 consulted | aux:pass |
| 24 | consulted | consult | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 passed | parataxis |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 students | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 students | nmod:poss |
| 27 | fellow | fellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 students | amod |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 fellow | punct |
| 29 | students | student | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 consulted | obl:agent |
| 30 | as | as | ADP | _ | 33 guide | case |
| 31 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 guide | det |
| 32 | oraculous | oraculous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 guide | amod |
| 33 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 consulted | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 admitted | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 admitted | cc |
| 36 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 consulted | parataxis |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 auditor | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 auditor | det |
| 39 | competent | competent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 auditor | amod |
| 40 | auditor | auditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 admitted | obl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 conference | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 conference | det |
| 43 | conference | conference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 auditor | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 sages | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 sages | det |
| 46 | sages | sage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 conference | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | Gelaleddin | class | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from class=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | admire | past | Gelaleddin not said here | to class | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | envy | participle | Gelaleddin not said here | by those | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | leave behind | participle | Gelaleddin's progress not said here | behind property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | consult | past · passive | Gelaleddin's fellow students | Gelaleddin | as a oraculous guide | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as guide=Value | |||
| 6 | admit speech: other | participle | as a competent auditor to the conference of the sages | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | progress | Gelaleddin | nom progress «act intransitive»: 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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