Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Carazan., sentence 9
Every one gazed with astonishment at the prodigy; and the murmur of innumerable voices increasing like the sound of approaching thunder, Carazan beckoned with his hand; attention suspended the tumult in a moment, and he thus gratified the curiosity which had procured him audience.
Who acts: innumerable voices, sound, one, attention, Carazan · What happens: gaze, increase, approach, beckon, suspend, gratify · To what, where: one, thunder, tumult, curiosity, innumerable voices
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 (innumerable voices, sound, one, attention), 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 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 beckoned | nsubj |
| 3 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 one | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 astonishment | case |
| 5 | astonishment | astonishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gazed | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 prodigy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prodigy | det |
| 8 | prodigy | prodigy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gazed | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 murmur | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 murmur | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 murmur | det |
| 12 | murmur | murmur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 beckoned | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 voices | case |
| 14 | innumerable | innumerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 voices | amod |
| 15 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 murmur | nmod |
| 16 | increasing | increase | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 voices | acl |
| 17 | like | like | ADP | _ | 19 sound | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sound | det |
| 19 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 increasing | obl |
| 20 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 21 approaching | mark |
| 21 | approaching | approach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 sound | acl |
| 22 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 approaching | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Carazan | punct |
| 24 | Carazan | Carazan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 murmur | appos |
| 25 | beckoned | beckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 hand | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 hand | nmod:poss |
| 28 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 beckoned | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 suspended | punct |
| 30 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 suspended | nsubj |
| 31 | suspended | suspend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 beckoned | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 tumult | det |
| 33 | tumult | tumult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 suspended | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 moment | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 moment | det |
| 36 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 suspended | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 gratified | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 gratified | cc |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 gratified | nsubj |
| 40 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 41 gratified | advmod |
| 41 | gratified | gratify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 suspended | conj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 curiosity | det |
| 43 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 gratified | obj |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 procured | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 procured | aux |
| 46 | procured | procure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 curiosity | acl:relcl |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 procured | obj |
| 48 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 procured | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 beckoned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gaze | participle | every one not said here | with astonishment; at the prodigy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at prodigy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | increase | gerund | innumerable voices not said here | like the sound | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | approach | gerund | the sound not said here | thunder | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Theme | ||||
| 4 | beckon | past | every one | with Carazan's hand; the murmur of innumerable voices nsubj | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | suspend | past | attention | the tumult | moment | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tumult=Theme | |||
| 6 | gratify | past | Carazan | the curiosity | thus property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus curiosity=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | procure | past · perfect · passive | the curiosity | Carazan obj; audience obj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | murmur | innumerable voices | nom murmur «event transitive»: of=patient |
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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