Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 7
The fable has in it such a wild, but natural symplicity, that I question not but my reader will be as much pleased with it as I have been, and that he will consider himself, if he reflects on the several amusements of hope which have sometimes passed in his mind, as a near relation to the Persian Glass-man.
Who acts: fable, I, reader, French · What happens: have, not question, be, consider, reflect, pass · To what, where: moral, French, several amusements, mind, hope
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 (fable, I, reader, French), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fable | det |
| 2 | fable | fable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | obl |
| 6 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 wild | det:predet |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wild | det |
| 8 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 has | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 symplicity | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 symplicity | cc |
| 11 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 symplicity | amod |
| 12 | symplicity | symplicity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wild | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 question | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 question | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 question | nsubj |
| 16 | question | question | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 has | parataxis |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 question | advmod |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 pleased | cc |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 reader | nmod:poss |
| 20 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 pleased | nsubj |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 pleased | aux |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 pleased | cop |
| 23 | as | as | ADV | _ | 24 much | advmod |
| 24 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 pleased | amod |
| 25 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 question | conj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 it | case |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 pleased | obl |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 been | mark |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 been | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 been | aux |
| 31 | been | be | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 pleased | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 consider | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 consider | cc |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 consider | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 consider | nsubj |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 consider | aux |
| 37 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 question | conj |
| 38 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 consider | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 reflects | punct |
| 40 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 42 reflects | mark |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 reflects | nsubj |
| 42 | reflects | reflect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 consider | conj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 amusements | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 amusements | det |
| 45 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 amusements | amod |
| 46 | amusements | amusement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 reflects | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 hope | case |
| 48 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 amusements | nmod |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 passed | aux |
| 51 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 52 passed | advmod |
| 52 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 amusements | acl:relcl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 mind | case |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 mind | nmod:poss |
| 55 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 passed | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 relation | punct |
| 57 | as | as | ADP | _ | 60 relation | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 relation | det |
| 59 | near | near | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 relation | amod |
| 60 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 reflects | obl |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 man | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 man | det |
| 63 | Persian | Persian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 Glass | compound |
| 64 | Glass | Glass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 man | compound |
| 65 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 64 Glass | punct |
| 66 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 relation | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the fable | moral | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not question speech: other | present | I | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | future | my reader | with fable; pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | present · perfect | I | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | consider | future | French | French | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | reflect a condition, not said to happen | present | French | as a near relation to the Glass man; on the several amusements of hope | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on amusement=Topic | ||||
| 7 | pass | present · perfect · passive | the several amusements of hope | French's mind | sometimes property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in mind=Destination | |||
| 8 | amuse | hope | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | mind | French | nom mind «cognition 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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