Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 16

One day, after some hours passed in violent fluctuation of opinion, sleep insensibly seized him in his chair; he dreamed that he was ranging a desart country, in search of some one that might teach him to grow rich! and as he stood on the top of a hill shaded with cypress, in doubt whither to direct his steps, his father appeared on a sudden standing before him.

Who acts: hours, man, search, father · What happens: pass, seize, dream, range, teach, grow · To what, where: violent fluctuation, man, chair, desart country, search, top

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 (hours, man, search, father), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 seized	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 day	punct
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 passed	mark
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 hours	det
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 passed	nsubj
7	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 seized	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 fluctuation	case
9	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fluctuation	amod
10	fluctuation	fluctuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 opinion	case
12	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fluctuation	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sleep	punct
14	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fluctuation	conj
15	insensibly	insensibly	ADV	_	16 seized	advmod
16	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 seized	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 chair	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 chair	nmod:poss
20	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 seized	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 dreamed	punct
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 dreamed	nsubj
23	dreamed	dream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 seized	conj
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 ranging	mark
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 ranging	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 ranging	aux
27	ranging	range	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 dreamed	advcl
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 country	det
29	desart	desart	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 country	compound
30	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 ranging	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 search	punct
32	in	in	ADP	_	33 search	case
33	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 ranging	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 one	case
35	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	36 one	det
36	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 search	nmod
37	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 teach	nsubj
38	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 teach	aux
39	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 search	acl:relcl
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 teach	obj
41	to	to	PART	_	42 grow	mark
42	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 teach	xcomp
43	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 grow	xcomp
44	!	!	PUNCT	_	33 search	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 stood	cc
46	as	as	SCONJ	_	48 stood	mark
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 stood	nsubj
48	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 dreamed	conj
49	on	on	ADP	_	51 top	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 top	det
51	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 stood	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 hill	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 hill	det
54	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 top	nmod
55	shaded	shade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 hill	acl
56	with	with	ADP	_	57 cypress	case
57	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 shaded	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 direct	punct
59	in	in	ADP	_	60 doubt	case
60	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 direct	obl
61	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	63 direct	advmod
62	to	to	PART	_	63 direct	mark
63	direct	direct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 stood	conj
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 steps	nmod:poss
65	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 direct	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 appeared	punct
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 father	nmod:poss
68	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 appeared	nsubj
69	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 direct	advcl
70	on	on	ADP	_	73 standing	case
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 standing	det
72	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 standing	amod
73	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 appeared	obl
74	before	before	ADP	_	75 him	case
75	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 appeared	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	some hours			violent fluctuation of opinion and sleep			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in fluctuation=Location
2	seize	past		man		man's chair	day	insensibly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	dream	past	man						vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
4	range	past · progressive	man	a desart country		search of some one			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location country=Theme
5	teach speech: other	might	search of some one		man				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
6	grow	to-infinitive	search of some one not said here					rich property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	stand	past	man			the top of a hill			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location
8	shade	participle		a hill not said here				with cypress	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
9	direct	to-infinitive	man not said here	man's steps		doubt		whither property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent step=Theme in doubt=Eventuality
10	appear	past	man's father			a sudden standing	before man		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on standing=Location
11	fluctuate			opinion					nom fluctuation «event transitive»: of=patient
12	step		man						nom step «act 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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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 16