Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 32
Then will I, to imprint in her a thorough veneration for my person, draw up my legs and spurn her from me with my foot, in such a manner that she shall fall down several paces from the sofa.”
Who acts: I, daughter · What happens: imprint, draw up, spurn, fall down · To what, where: thorough veneration, legs, daughter, manner, several paces, sofa
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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 imprint | advmod |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 imprint | aux |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 imprint | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 imprint | punct |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 imprint | mark |
| 6 | imprint | imprint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 imprint | obl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 veneration | det |
| 10 | thorough | thorough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 veneration | amod |
| 11 | veneration | veneration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 imprint | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 person | case |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 person | nmod:poss |
| 14 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 veneration | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 draw | punct |
| 16 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 imprint | conj |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 draw | compound:prt |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 legs | nmod:poss |
| 19 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 draw | obj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 spurn | cc |
| 21 | spurn | spurn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 draw | conj |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 spurn | obj |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 me | case |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 spurn | obl |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 foot | case |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 foot | nmod:poss |
| 27 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 spurn | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 manner | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 manner | case |
| 30 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 manner | det:predet |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 manner | det |
| 32 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 spurn | obl |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 fall | mark |
| 34 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 fall | nsubj |
| 35 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 fall | aux |
| 36 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 manner | acl |
| 37 | down | down | ADP | _ | 36 fall | compound:prt |
| 38 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 paces | amod |
| 39 | paces | pace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 fall | obj |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 sofa | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 sofa | det |
| 42 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 fall | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 imprint | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 imprint | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imprint | future | I | a thorough veneration | then | in daughter; for my person | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent veneration=Theme in she=Destination | ||
| 2 | draw up | infinitive | I not said here | my legs | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme | ||||
| 3 | spurn | infinitive | I not said here | daughter | such manner | from me; with my foot | tree rules | ||
| 4 | fall down | shall | daughter | several paces | the sofa | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient pace=Extent from sofa=Initial_State |
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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