Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almamoulin., sentence 28
Almamoulin cried out, “I have at last found the use of riches: I am surrounded by companions, who view my greatness without envy; and I enjoy at once the raptures of popularity, and the safety of an obscure station.—What trouble can he feel, whom all are studious to please, that they may be repaid with pleasure?
Who acts: Almamoulin, last, companions, trouble, all · What happens: cry out, have, find, surround, view, enjoy · To what, where: use, Almamoulin, greatness, raptures, riches · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Almamoulin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Almamoulin, last, companions, trouble), 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 | Almamoulin | Almamoulin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cried | nsubj |
| 2 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 cried | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 5 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cried | conj |
| 8 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 10 found | mark |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 found | nsubj |
| 10 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 have | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 use | det |
| 12 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 found | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 riches | case |
| 14 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 use | nmod |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 surrounded | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 surrounded | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 surrounded | aux:pass |
| 18 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 found | ccomp |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 companions | case |
| 20 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 view | punct |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 view | nsubj |
| 23 | view | view | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 companions | acl:relcl |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 greatness | nmod:poss |
| 25 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 view | obj |
| 26 | without | without | ADP | _ | 27 envy | case |
| 27 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 view | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 enjoy | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 enjoy | cc |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 enjoy | nsubj |
| 31 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cried | parataxis |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 raptures | case |
| 33 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 35 raptures | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 raptures | det |
| 35 | raptures | rapture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 enjoy | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 popularity | case |
| 37 | popularity | popularity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 raptures | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 safety | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 safety | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 safety | det |
| 41 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 enjoy | conj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 station | case |
| 43 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 station | det |
| 44 | obscure | obscure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 station | amod |
| 45 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 safety | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cried | punct |
| 47 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 feel | punct |
| 48 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 49 trouble | det |
| 49 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 feel | nsubj |
| 50 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 feel | aux |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 feel | nsubj |
| 52 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cried | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 studious | punct |
| 54 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 studious | obl |
| 55 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 57 studious | nsubj |
| 56 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 studious | cop |
| 57 | studious | studious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 feel | conj |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 please | case |
| 59 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 57 studious | discourse |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 repaid | punct |
| 61 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 65 repaid | mark |
| 62 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 repaid | nsubj |
| 63 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 65 repaid | aux |
| 64 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 65 repaid | aux:pass |
| 65 | repaid | repay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 feel | advcl |
| 66 | with | with | ADP | _ | 67 pleasure | case |
| 67 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 repaid | obl |
| 68 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry out speech: express | past | Almamoulin | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | Almamoulin | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | find in a quote | past | last | the use of riches | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent use=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | surround in a quote | present · passive | companions | Almamoulin | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | ||||
| 5 | view in a quote | present | companions | my greatness | without envy | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer greatness=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | enjoy in a quote | present | Almamoulin | the raptures of popularity | the safety of a obscure station conj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | feel in a quote | can | what trouble | Almamoulin nsubj | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | all | whom obl; studious property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | repay in a quote | may · passive | raptures = rapture | with pleasure | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with pleasure=Theme | ||||
| 10 | use in a quote | riches | nom use «act 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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