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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 26

And when I am placed at his right hand, which he will do of course, if it be only to honour his daughter, I will give him the thousand pieces of gold which I promised him, and afterwards, to his great surprise, will present him with another purse of the same value, with some short speech, as, ‘Sir, you see I am a man of my word; I always give more than I promise.’

Who acts: father, course, I, you, my · What happens: place, do, be, give, promise, present · To what, where: I, right hand, thousand pieces, father, man, more · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (father, course, I, you), 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

ccadvmodnsubjaux:passcasenmod:possamodoblpunctobjnsubjauxacl:relclcaseoblpunctmarknsubjcopadvmodmarkparataxisnmod:possobjpunctnsubjauxconjiobjdetnummodobjcasenmodobjnsubjacl:relcliobjpunctccadvmodpunctcasenmod:possamodparataxispunctauxparataxisobjcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctcasedetamodparataxispunctcasepunctpunctvocativepunctnsubjconjnsubjcopdetccompcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjadvmodadvclobjmarknsubjadvclpunctpunctrootAndCCONJwhenADVIPRONamAUXplacedVERBatADPhisPRONrightADJhandNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONhePRONwillAUXdoVERBofADPcourseNOUN,PUNCTifSCONJitPRONbeAUXonlyADVtoPARThonourVERBhisPRONdaughterNOUN,PUNCTIPRONwillAUXgiveVERBhimPRONtheDETthousandNUMpiecesNOUNofADPgoldNOUNwhichPRONIPRONpromisedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJafterwardsADV,PUNCTtoADPhisPRONgreatADJsurpriseNOUN,PUNCTwillAUXpresentVERBhimPRONwithADPanotherDETpurseNOUNofADPtheDETsameADJvalueNOUN,PUNCTwithADPsomeDETshortADJspeechNOUN,PUNCTasADP,PUNCT‘PUNCTSirPROPN,PUNCTyouPRONseeVERBIPRONamAUXaDETmanNOUNofADPmyPRONwordNOUN;PUNCTIPRONalwaysADVgiveVERBmoreADJthanSCONJIPRONpromiseVERB.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 placedcc
2whenwhenADVPronType=Int5 placedadvmod
3IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 placednsubj
4ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 placedaux:pass
5placedplaceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6atatADP_9 handcase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 handnmod:poss
8rightrightADJDegree=Pos9 handamod
9handhandNOUNNumber=Sing5 placedobl
10,,PUNCT_14 dopunct
11whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel14 doobj
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 donsubj
13willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin14 doaux
14dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf9 handacl:relcl
15ofofADP_16 coursecase
16coursecourseNOUNNumber=Sing14 doobl
17,,PUNCT_23 honourpunct
18ififSCONJ_23 honourmark
19ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 honournsubj
20bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf23 honourcop
21onlyonlyADV_23 honouradvmod
22totoPART_23 honourmark
23honourhonourVERBVerbForm=Inf5 placedparataxis
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 daughternmod:poss
25daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing23 honourobj
26,,PUNCT_29 givepunct
27IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs29 givensubj
28willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin29 giveaux
29givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf23 honourconj
30himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 giveiobj
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 piecesdet
32thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card33 piecesnummod
33piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur29 giveobj
34ofofADP_35 goldcase
35goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing33 piecesnmod
36whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel38 promisedobj
37IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 promisednsubj
38promisedpromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 piecesacl:relcl
39himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 promisediobj
40,,PUNCT_42 afterwardspunct
41andandCCONJ_42 afterwardscc
42afterwardsafterwardsADV_5 placedadvmod
43,,PUNCT_47 surprisepunct
44totoADP_47 surprisecase
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 surprisenmod:poss
46greatgreatADJDegree=Pos47 surpriseamod
47surprisesurpriseNOUNNumber=Sing5 placedparataxis
48,,PUNCT_50 presentpunct
49willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin50 presentaux
50presentpresentVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin47 surpriseparataxis
51himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 presentobj
52withwithADP_54 pursecase
53anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind54 pursedet
54pursepurseNOUNNumber=Sing50 presentobl
55ofofADP_58 valuecase
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 valuedet
57samesameADJDegree=Pos58 valueamod
58valuevalueNOUNNumber=Sing54 pursenmod
59,,PUNCT_63 speechpunct
60withwithADP_63 speechcase
61somesomeDETPronType=Ind63 speechdet
62shortshortADJDegree=Pos63 speechamod
63speechspeechNOUNNumber=Sing50 presentparataxis
64,,PUNCT_68 Sirpunct
65asasADP_68 Sircase
66,,PUNCT_68 Sirpunct
67‘'PUNCT_68 Sirpunct
68SirSirPROPNNumber=Sing50 presentvocative
69,,PUNCT_71 seepunct
70youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs71 seensubj
71seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 placedconj
72IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs75 mannsubj
73ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin75 mancop
74aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art75 mandet
75manmanNOUNNumber=Sing71 seeccomp
76ofofADP_78 wordcase
77mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs78 wordnmod:poss
78wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing75 mannmod
79;;PUNCT_82 givepunct
80IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs82 givensubj
81alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot82 giveadvmod
82givegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 placedadvcl
83moremoreADJDegree=Cmp82 giveobj
84thanthanSCONJ_86 promisemark
85IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs86 promisensubj
86promisepromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin83 moreadvcl
87..PUNCT_82 givepunct
88’'PUNCT_5 placedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1placepresent · passiveIfather's right handfather's great surprise parataxis; afterwards propertyvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at hand=Destination
2dofuturefatherfather's right handof coursevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality
3is a condition, not said to happento-infinitivecoursefather's daughter obj; honour propertytree rules
4givefutureIthe thousand pieces of goldfathervn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme
5promise speech: promisepastIthe thousand pieces of goldfathervn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal which=Theme
6presentfuturefatherwith another purse of the same value; Sir vocative; some short speech parataxisvn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with purse=Theme
7seepresentyouvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8is apresentIa manof my wordtree rules
9givepresentImorealways propertyvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
10promise speech: promisepresentIvn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11surprisefathernom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
12wordmynom word «communication transitive»: 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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