Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 8
The dishes of luxury cover his table, the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of the Ganges.
Who acts: dishes, master · What happens: lull, breathe, sleep · To what, where: master, bowers, fragrance
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 (dishes, master), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dishes | det |
| 2 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lulls | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 cover | case |
| 4 | luxury | luxury | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cover | amod |
| 5 | cover | cover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dishes | nmod |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 table | nmod:poss |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lulls | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 voice | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 voice | det |
| 10 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 table | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 harmony | case |
| 12 | harmony | harmony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 voice | nmod |
| 13 | lulls | lull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lulls | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 bowers | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 bowers | nmod:poss |
| 17 | bowers | bower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lulls | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 breathes | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 breathes | nsubj |
| 20 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lulls | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 fragrance | det |
| 22 | fragrance | fragrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 breathes | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 groves | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 groves | det |
| 25 | groves | grove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 fragrance | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Java | case |
| 27 | Java | Java | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 groves | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 sleeps | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 sleeps | cc |
| 30 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 breathes | conj |
| 31 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 33 down | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 down | det |
| 33 | down | down | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sleeps | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 cygnets | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 cygnets | det |
| 36 | cygnets | cygnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 down | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Ganges | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Ganges | det |
| 39 | Ganges | Ganges | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 cygnets | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 lulls | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lull | present | the dishes of luxury cover | master | master's bowers | master's table and the voice of harmony nsubj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||
| 2 | breathe | present | master | the fragrance of the groves of Java | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sleep | present | master not said here | upon the down of the cygnets of the Ganges | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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