Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 21
“Tell me now,” said his father, “dost thou wish for sudden affluence, that may pour upon thee like the mountain torrent, or for a slow and gradual increase, resembling the rill gliding from the well?”
Who acts: father, that · What happens: tell, say, wish, pour, resemble, glide · To what, where: me, rill, well · 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 (father, that), 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 Tell | punct |
| 2 | Tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Tell | iobj |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Tell | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Tell | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Tell | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 father | nmod:poss |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wish | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wish | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 wish | punct |
| 12 | dost | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 wish | aux |
| 13 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 wish | nsubj |
| 14 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 affluence | case |
| 16 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 affluence | amod |
| 17 | affluence | affluence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wish | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 pour | punct |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 pour | nsubj |
| 20 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 pour | aux |
| 21 | pour | pour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 wish | conj |
| 22 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 23 thee | case |
| 23 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 21 pour | obl |
| 24 | like | like | ADP | _ | 27 torrent | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 torrent | det |
| 26 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 torrent | compound |
| 27 | torrent | torrent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 pour | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 increase | punct |
| 29 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 increase | cc |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 increase | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 increase | det |
| 32 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 increase | amod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 gradual | cc |
| 34 | gradual | gradual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 slow | conj |
| 35 | increase | increase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 torrent | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 resembling | punct |
| 37 | resembling | resemble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 pour | advcl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 rill | det |
| 39 | rill | rill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 resembling | obj |
| 40 | gliding | glide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 resembling | advcl |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 well | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 well | det |
| 43 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 gliding | obl |
| 44 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 wish | punct |
| 45 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 wish | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | me | now | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | wish in a quote | present · do-support | Ortogrul's father | for sudden affluence; thou nsubj | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for affluence=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pour in a quote | may | that | upon thee; like the mountain torrent or a slow increase | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||
| 5 | resemble in a quote | gerund | that not said here | the rill | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | glide in a quote | gerund | that not said here | the well | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from well=Trajectory |
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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