Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almamoulin., sentence 30
Such were the thoughts of Almamoulin, as he looked down from a gallery upon the gay assembly, regaling at his expence; but in the midst of this soliloquy, an officer of justice entered the house, and in the form of legal citation, summoned Almamoulin to appear before the emperor.
Who acts: Such thoughts, officer · What happens: be, look down, regale, enter, summon, appear · To what, where: Such thoughts, expence, house, midst, Almamoulin, form
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 (Such thoughts, officer), 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 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thoughts | amod |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thoughts | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 thoughts | det |
| 4 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Almamoulin | case |
| 6 | Almamoulin | Almamoulin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 thoughts | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 looked | punct |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 looked | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 looked | nsubj |
| 10 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 looked | compound:prt |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 gallery | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gallery | det |
| 14 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 looked | obl |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 assembly | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 assembly | det |
| 17 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 assembly | amod |
| 18 | assembly | assembly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gallery | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 regaling | punct |
| 20 | regaling | regale | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 looked | advcl |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 expence | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 expence | nmod:poss |
| 23 | expence | expence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 regaling | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 entered | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 entered | cc |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 midst | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 midst | det |
| 28 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 entered | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 soliloquy | case |
| 30 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 soliloquy | det |
| 31 | soliloquy | soliloquy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 midst | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 officer | punct |
| 33 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 officer | det |
| 34 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 entered | nsubj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 justice | case |
| 36 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 officer | nmod |
| 37 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 looked | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 house | det |
| 39 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 entered | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 summoned | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 summoned | cc |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 form | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 form | det |
| 44 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 summoned | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 citation | case |
| 46 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 citation | amod |
| 47 | citation | citation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 form | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 form | punct |
| 49 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 entered | conj |
| 50 | Almamoulin | Almamoulin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 summoned | obj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 appear | mark |
| 52 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 summoned | xcomp |
| 53 | before | before | ADP | _ | 55 emperor | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 emperor | det |
| 55 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 appear | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Such thoughts | of Almamoulin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look down | past | the Such thoughts | from a gallery upon the gay assembly; thought nsubj | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from gallery=Theme | ||||
| 3 | regale | gerund | the Such thoughts not said here | Almamoulin's expence | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | enter | past | a officer of justice | the house | the midst of this soliloquy | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | |||
| 5 | summon | past | a officer of justice not said here | Almamoulin | the form of legal citation | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent almamoulin=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 6 | appear | to-infinitive | a officer of justice not said here | before the emperor | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before emperor=Location | ||||
| 7 | form | legal citation | nom form «communication 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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