Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Carazan., sentence 4
But though the door of Carazan was never opened by hospitality, nor his hand by compassion, yet fear led him constantly to the mosque at the stated hours of prayer; he performed all the rites of devotion with the most scrupulous punctuality, and had thrice paid his vows at the temple of the Prophet.
Who acts: hospitality, fear, Carazan, thrice · What happens: not open, lead, state, perform, have, pay · To what, where: door, Carazan, mosque, rites, vows, temple
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Carazan.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hospitality, fear, Carazan, thrice), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 opened | cc |
| 2 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 4 door | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Carazan | case |
| 6 | Carazan | Carazan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 door | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 opened | aux:pass |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 opened | advmod |
| 9 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 hospitality | case |
| 11 | hospitality | hospitality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 opened | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hand | punct |
| 13 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 15 hand | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 hand | nmod:poss |
| 15 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 opened | obl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 compassion | case |
| 17 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hand | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 led | punct |
| 19 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 21 led | cc |
| 20 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 led | nsubj |
| 21 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 opened | parataxis |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 led | obj |
| 23 | constantly | constantly | ADV | _ | 26 mosque | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 mosque | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 mosque | det |
| 26 | mosque | mosque | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 led | obl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 hours | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 hours | det |
| 29 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 hours | amod |
| 30 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 mosque | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 prayer | case |
| 32 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 hours | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 performed | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 performed | nsubj |
| 35 | performed | perform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 led | conj |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 rites | det:predet |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 rites | det |
| 38 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 performed | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 devotion | case |
| 40 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 rites | nmod |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 punctuality | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 punctuality | det |
| 43 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 44 scrupulous | advmod |
| 44 | scrupulous | scrupulous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 punctuality | amod |
| 45 | punctuality | punctuality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 performed | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 had | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 had | cc |
| 48 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 performed | conj |
| 49 | thrice | thrice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 paid | nsubj |
| 50 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 had | ccomp |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 vows | nmod:poss |
| 52 | vows | vow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 paid | obj |
| 53 | at | at | ADP | _ | 55 temple | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 temple | det |
| 55 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 paid | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Prophet | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Prophet | det |
| 58 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 temple | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not open | past · passive | hospitality | the door of Carazan | Carazan's hand by compassion obl | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | lead | past | fear | Carazan | the mosque at the stated hours of prayer | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to mosque=Destination | |||
| 3 | state speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | perform | past | Carazan | all rites of devotion | with the scrupulous punctuality | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rite=Theme | |||
| 5 | have | past | Carazan not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | pay | past | thrice | Carazan's vows | the temple of the Prophet | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Asset | |||
| 7 | vow | Carazan | nom vow «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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