Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 29
Her women will represent to me that she is inconsolable by reason of my unkindness, and beg me, with tears, to caress her, and let her sit down by me; but I shall still remain inexorable, and will turn my back upon her all the first night.
Who acts: women, princess, I · What happens: represent, be, beg, caress, let, sit down · To what, where: me, princess, back
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 (women, princess, I), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 women | nmod:poss |
| 2 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 represent | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 represent | aux |
| 4 | represent | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 me | case |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 represent | obl |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 inconsolable | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 inconsolable | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 inconsolable | cop |
| 10 | inconsolable | inconsolable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 represent | advcl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 reason | case |
| 12 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 inconsolable | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 unkindness | case |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 unkindness | nmod:poss |
| 15 | unkindness | unkindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reason | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 beg | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 beg | cc |
| 18 | beg | beg | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 represent | conj |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 beg | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 tears | punct |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 tears | case |
| 22 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 beg | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 caress | punct |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 caress | mark |
| 25 | caress | caress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 beg | conj |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 caress | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 let | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 let | cc |
| 29 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 caress | conj |
| 30 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 let | obj |
| 31 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 let | xcomp |
| 32 | down | down | ADP | _ | 31 sit | compound:prt |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 me | case |
| 34 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 sit | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 remain | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 remain | cc |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 remain | nsubj |
| 38 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 remain | aux |
| 39 | still | still | ADV | _ | 40 remain | advmod |
| 40 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 represent | conj |
| 41 | inexorable | inexorable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 remain | xcomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 turn | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 turn | cc |
| 44 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 turn | aux |
| 45 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 represent | conj |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 back | nmod:poss |
| 47 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 turn | obj |
| 48 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 49 her | case |
| 49 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 turn | obl |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 night | det:predet |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 night | det |
| 52 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 53 night | amod |
| 53 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 turn | obl:unmarked |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 represent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | future | princess's women | me | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to i=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is | present | princess | by reason of my unkindness; inconsolable property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | infinitive | princess's women not said here | me | with tears | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||
| 4 | caress | to-infinitive | princess's women not said here | princess | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | princess's women not said here | princess | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | sit down | infinitive | princess not said here | by me | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by i=Location | ||||
| 7 | remain | shall | I | still | inexorable property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 8 | turn | future | princess's women not said here | my back | night | upon princess | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=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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