Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 23
I will let him know at the same time, that it is my intention to make him a present of a thousand pieces of gold, on our marriage night.
Who acts: I, information, master · What happens: let, know, be, make · To what, where: information, intention, present
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, information, 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 let | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 let | aux |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 intention | punct |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 intention | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 intention | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 intention | cop |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 intention | nmod:poss |
| 15 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 let | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 make | mark |
| 17 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | advcl |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 make | obj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 present | det |
| 20 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 make | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 pieces | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 thousand | det |
| 23 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 pieces | nummod |
| 24 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 present | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 gold | case |
| 26 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 pieces | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 night | punct |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 night | case |
| 29 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 night | nmod:poss |
| 30 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 night | compound |
| 31 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 make | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | future | I | information | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | infinitive | information not said here | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | master | my intention | my nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | I not said here | a present of thousand pieces of gold | information | night | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary present=Product |
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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