Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 9
He speaks, and his mandate is obeyed; he wishes, and his wish is gratified; all whom he sees obey him; and all whom he hears flatter him.
Who acts: master, all · What happens: speak, obey, wish, gratify, see, hear · To what, where: mandate, wish, all, master · 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 (master, all), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 speaks | nsubj |
| 2 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 obeyed | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 obeyed | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mandate | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mandate | mandate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obeyed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 obeyed | aux:pass |
| 8 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 speaks | conj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 wishes | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wishes | nsubj |
| 11 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 speaks | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 gratified | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gratified | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 wish | nmod:poss |
| 15 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gratified | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 gratified | aux:pass |
| 17 | gratified | gratify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 wishes | ccomp |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 sees | punct |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 sees | obj |
| 20 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 sees | obj |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 sees | nsubj |
| 22 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 speaks | conj |
| 23 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 sees | xcomp |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 obey | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 hears | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 whom | cc |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 whom | nsubj |
| 28 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 hears | obj |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 hears | nsubj |
| 30 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 speaks | conj |
| 31 | flatter | flat | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 hears | xcomp |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 flatter | nsubj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 speaks | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | master | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | obey | present · passive | master's mandate | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | wish | present | master | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | gratify | present · passive | master's wish | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | see | present | master | all | whom obj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | obey | infinitive | all not said here | master | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 7 | hear | present | master | whom obj; flat property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | mandate | master | nom mandate «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | wish | master | nom wish «feeling 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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