Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 17
“Ortogrul,” said the old man, “I know thy perplexity; listen to thy father, turn thine eye on the opposite mountain.”
Who acts: Ortogrul · What happens: say, know, listen, turn · To what, where: perplexity, eye, opposite mountain · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Ortogrul), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ortogrul | punct |
| 2 | Ortogrul | Ortogrul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ortogrul | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ortogrul | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 know | nsubj |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 13 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 perplexity | nmod:poss |
| 14 | perplexity | perplexity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 know | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 listen | punct |
| 16 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 father | case |
| 18 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 19 father | nmod:poss |
| 19 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 listen | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 turn | punct |
| 21 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 listen | conj |
| 22 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 eye | nmod:poss |
| 23 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turn | obj |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 mountain | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 mountain | det |
| 26 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 mountain | amod |
| 27 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turn | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 listen | punct |
| 29 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 listen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Ortogrul | the old man nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | Ortogrul | thy perplexity | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer perplexity=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | listen in a quote | infinitive | to thy father | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to father=Theme | |||||
| 4 | turn in a quote | infinitive | thine eye | the opposite mountain | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
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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