Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 22
When I have thus made myself master of an hundred thousand drachmas, I shall naturally set myself on the footing of a prince, and will demand the grand vizier’s daughter in marriage, after having represented to that minister the information which I have received of the beauty, wit, discretion, and other high qualities which his daughter possesses.
Who acts: I, daughter · What happens: make, set, demand, represent, receive, possess · To what, where: I, myself, footing, daughter, marriage, information
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Alnaschar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, daughter), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 made | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux |
| 4 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 set | advcl |
| 6 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 drachmas | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 drachmas | det |
| 10 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 thousand | compound |
| 11 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 drachmas | nummod |
| 12 | drachmas | drachma | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 master | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 set | nsubj |
| 15 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 set | aux |
| 16 | naturally | naturally | ADV | _ | 17 set | advmod |
| 17 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 17 set | obj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 footing | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 footing | det |
| 21 | footing | footing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 set | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 prince | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 prince | det |
| 24 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 footing | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 demand | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 demand | cc |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 demand | aux |
| 28 | demand | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 set | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 vizier | det |
| 30 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 vizier | amod |
| 31 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 32 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 31 vizier | case |
| 33 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 demand | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 marriage | case |
| 35 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 demand | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 represented | punct |
| 37 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 39 represented | mark |
| 38 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 represented | aux |
| 39 | represented | represent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 demand | parataxis |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 minister | case |
| 41 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 minister | det |
| 42 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 represented | obl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 information | det |
| 44 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 represented | obj |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 received | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 received | nsubj |
| 47 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 received | aux |
| 48 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 information | acl:relcl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 beauty | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 beauty | det |
| 51 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 received | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 wit | punct |
| 53 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 beauty | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 discretion | punct |
| 55 | discretion | discretion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 beauty | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 qualities | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 qualities | cc |
| 58 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 qualities | amod |
| 59 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 qualities | amod |
| 60 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 represented | obl |
| 61 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 possesses | obj |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 63 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 possesses | nsubj |
| 64 | possesses | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 qualities | acl:relcl |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · perfect · passive | I | myself obj; master of a thousand drachmas obj; thus property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | set | shall | I | myself | the footing of a prince | naturally property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme on footing=Destination | ||
| 3 | demand speech: request | future | I not said here | the grand vizier's daughter | marriage | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme daughter=Precondition | |||
| 4 | represent | gerund · perfect | the information | to that minister; other high qualities obl | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot information=Theme to minister=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | receive | present · perfect · passive | the information | of the beauty and wit and discretion; I nsubj | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | possess | present | ten thousand's daughter | other high qualities | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=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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