Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 1
As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagdat, musing on the varieties of merchandize which the shops offered to his view, and observing the different occupations which busied the multitudes on every side, he was awakened from the tranquility of meditation by a crowd that obstructed his passage.
Who acts: Basra, one day, varieties, shops, different occupations, crowd · What happens: be, wonder, muse, merchandize, offer, observe · To what, where: varieties, view, different occupations, multitudes, side, Basra
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Story of Ortogrul of Basra.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Basra, one day, varieties, shops), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 2 Ortogrul | case |
| 2 | Ortogrul | Ortogrul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 awakened | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 4 | Basra | Basra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 day | cop |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | nummod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Ortogrul | nmod |
| 8 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 day | acl |
| 9 | along | along | ADP | _ | 11 streets | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 streets | det |
| 11 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wandering | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Bagdat | case |
| 13 | Bagdat | Bagdat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 streets | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 musing | punct |
| 15 | musing | muse | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 wandering | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 varieties | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 varieties | det |
| 18 | varieties | variety | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 musing | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 merchandize | advmod |
| 20 | merchandize | merchandize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 varieties | acl:relcl |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 offered | obj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 shops | det |
| 23 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 offered | nsubj |
| 24 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 varieties | acl:relcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 view | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 view | nmod:poss |
| 27 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 offered | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 observing | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 observing | cc |
| 30 | observing | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 wandering | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 occupations | det |
| 32 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 occupations | amod |
| 33 | occupations | occupation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 observing | obj |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 busied | nsubj |
| 35 | busied | busy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 occupations | acl:relcl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 multitudes | det |
| 37 | multitudes | multitude | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 busied | obj |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 side | case |
| 39 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 side | det |
| 40 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 busied | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ortogrul | punct |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 awakened | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 awakened | aux:pass |
| 44 | awakened | awaken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 47 tranquility | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 tranquility | det |
| 47 | tranquility | tranquility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 awakened | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 meditation | case |
| 49 | meditation | meditation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 tranquility | nmod |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 52 crowd | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 crowd | det |
| 52 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 awakened | obl |
| 53 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 obstructed | nsubj |
| 54 | obstructed | obstruct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 crowd | acl:relcl |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 passage | nmod:poss |
| 56 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 obstructed | obj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 44 awakened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Basra | of one day | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | one day not said here | along the streets of Bagdat | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | muse | gerund | one day not said here | on the varieties | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on variety=Topic | ||||
| 4 | merchandize | present | the varieties not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | offer | past | the shops | the varieties | to Basra's view goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent which=Theme to view=Goal | |||
| 6 | observe | gerund | one day not said here | the different occupations | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent occupation=Topic | ||||
| 7 | busy | past | the different occupations | the multitudes | every side | tree rules | |||
| 8 | awaken | past · passive | a crowd | Basra | the tranquility of meditation | as Ortogrul | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | ||
| 9 | obstruct | past | a crowd | Basra's passage | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer passage=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | view | Basra | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | pass | Basra | nom passage «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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