Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 9
My apartments will be crowded by the inquisite and the vain, by those that honour and those that rival me; my name will soon reach the court; I shall stand before the throne of the emperor; the judges of the law will confess my wisdom, and the nobles will contend to heap gifts upon me.
Who acts: name, I, judges, nobles, my · What happens: crowd, honour, rival, reach, stand, confess · To what, where: apartments, me, court, throne, wisdom, gifts
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 (name, I, judges, nobles), 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 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 apartments | nmod:poss |
| 2 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 crowded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 crowded | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 crowded | aux:pass |
| 5 | crowded | crowd | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 inquisite | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 inquisite | det |
| 8 | inquisite | inquisite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 crowded | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 vain | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 vain | det |
| 11 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 inquisite | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 reach | punct |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 those | case |
| 14 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 27 reach | obl |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 honour | nsubj |
| 16 | honour | honour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 those | acl:relcl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 those | cc |
| 18 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 16 honour | obj |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 rival | nsubj |
| 20 | rival | rival | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 those | acl:relcl |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 rival | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 those | punct |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 name | nmod:poss |
| 24 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 reach | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 reach | aux |
| 26 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 reach | advmod |
| 27 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 crowded | advcl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 court | det |
| 29 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 reach | obj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 stand | punct |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 stand | nsubj |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 stand | aux |
| 33 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 crowded | parataxis |
| 34 | before | before | ADP | _ | 36 throne | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 throne | det |
| 36 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 stand | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 emperor | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 emperor | det |
| 39 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 throne | nmod |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 confess | punct |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 judges | det |
| 42 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 confess | nsubj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 law | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 law | det |
| 45 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 judges | nmod |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 confess | aux |
| 47 | confess | confess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 stand | conj |
| 48 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 wisdom | nmod:poss |
| 49 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 confess | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 contend | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 contend | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 nobles | det |
| 53 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 contend | nsubj |
| 54 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 contend | aux |
| 55 | contend | contend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 stand | conj |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 heap | mark |
| 57 | heap | heap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 contend | xcomp |
| 58 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 heap | obj |
| 59 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 60 me | case |
| 60 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 heap | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 crowded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crowd | future · passive | My apartments | by the inquisite | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by inquisite=Destination | ||||
| 2 | honour | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | rival | present | me | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | reach | future | my name | the court | by those; soon property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent court=Theme | |||
| 5 | stand | shall | I | the throne of the emperor | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before throne=Location | ||||
| 6 | confess | future | the judges of the law | my wisdom | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Topic | ||||
| 7 | contend | future | the nobles | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | heap | to-infinitive | the nobles not said here | gifts | upon me | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gift=Theme upon i=Destination | |||
| 9 | name | my | nom name «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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