Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 7
I will, therefore, depart to Tauris, where the Persian monarch resides in all the splendour of absolute dominion: my reputation will fly before me, my arrival will be congratulated by my kinsmen and friends; I shall see the eyes of those who predicted my greatness sparkling with exultation, and the faces of those that once despised me clouded with envy, or counterfeiting kindness by artificial smiles.
Who acts: I, Persian monarch, reputation, kinsmen, greatness, my · What happens: depart, reside, fly, congratulate, see, predict · To what, where: Tauris, splendour, arrival, eyes, greatness, faces
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 (I, Persian monarch, reputation, kinsmen), 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 | 6 depart | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 depart | aux |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 will | punct |
| 4 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 6 depart | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 therefore | punct |
| 6 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Tauris | case |
| 8 | Tauris | Tauris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 depart | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 resides | punct |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 resides | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 monarch | det |
| 12 | Persian | persian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 monarch | amod |
| 13 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 resides | nsubj |
| 14 | resides | reside | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Tauris | acl:relcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 splendour | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 splendour | det:predet |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 splendour | det |
| 18 | splendour | splendour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 resides | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 dominion | case |
| 20 | absolute | absolute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 dominion | amod |
| 21 | dominion | dominion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 splendour | nmod |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 fly | punct |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 reputation | nmod:poss |
| 24 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 fly | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 fly | aux |
| 26 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 depart | parataxis |
| 27 | before | before | ADP | _ | 28 me | case |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 fly | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 congratulated | punct |
| 30 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 31 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 congratulated | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 congratulated | aux |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 congratulated | aux:pass |
| 34 | congratulated | congratulate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 fly | conj |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 kinsmen | case |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 kinsmen | nmod:poss |
| 37 | kinsmen | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 congratulated | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 friends | cc |
| 39 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 kinsmen | conj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 see | punct |
| 41 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 see | nsubj |
| 42 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 see | aux |
| 43 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 depart | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 eyes | det |
| 45 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 see | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 those | case |
| 47 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 45 eyes | nmod |
| 48 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 predicted | nsubj |
| 49 | predicted | predict | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 those | acl:relcl |
| 50 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 greatness | nmod:poss |
| 51 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 predicted | obj |
| 52 | sparkling | sparkle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 greatness | acl |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 exultation | case |
| 54 | exultation | exultation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 sparkling | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 faces | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 faces | cc |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 faces | det |
| 58 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 see | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 those | case |
| 60 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 58 faces | nmod |
| 61 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 despised | obj |
| 62 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 63 despised | advmod |
| 63 | despised | despise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 faces | acl:relcl |
| 64 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 despised | obj |
| 65 | clouded | cloud | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 63 despised | xcomp |
| 66 | with | with | ADP | _ | 67 envy | case |
| 67 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 clouded | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 counterfeiting | punct |
| 69 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 70 counterfeiting | cc |
| 70 | counterfeiting | counterfeit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 see | advcl |
| 71 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 counterfeiting | obj |
| 72 | by | by | ADP | _ | 74 smiles | case |
| 73 | artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 smiles | amod |
| 74 | smiles | smile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 counterfeiting | obl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 depart | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depart | future | I | Tauris | therefore property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tauris=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | reside | present | the Persian monarch | all splendour of absolute dominion | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in splendour=Location | ||||
| 3 | fly | future | my reputation | before me | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location | ||||
| 4 | congratulate | future · passive | my kinsmen and friends | my arrival | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | see | shall | I | the eyes of those | the faces of those obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | predict | past | my greatness | who nsubj | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot greatness=Topic | ||||
| 7 | sparkle | gerund | my greatness not said here | with exultation | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with exultation=Theme | ||||
| 8 | despise | past | the faces of those | me obj; once property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | cloud | participle | with envy | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with envy=Instrument | |||||
| 10 | counterfeit | gerund | I not said here | kindness | by artificial smiles | tree rules | |||
| 11 | repute | my | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | arrive | my | nom arrival «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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