Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 10

Bozaldab opened his eyes and beheld a barren, a sultry, and solitary island, in the midst of which sat a pale, meagre, and ghastly figure: it was a merchant just perishing with famine, and lamenting that he could find neither wild berries, nor a single spring in this forlorn and uninhabited desert; and begging the protection of heaven against the tigers that would now certainly destroy him, since he had consumed the last fuel he had collected to make nightly fires to affright them.

Who acts: Bozaldab, midst, figure, merchant, God · What happens: open, behold, sit, be, perish, lament · To what, where: eyes, barren, midst, pale ghastly figure, merchant, wild berries

This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Bozaldab.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bozaldab, midst, figure, merchant), 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	Bozaldab	Bozaldab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beheld	cc
6	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 barren	det
8	barren	barren	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beheld	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sultry	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sultry	det
11	sultry	sultry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 barren	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 island	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 island	cc
14	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 island	amod
15	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beheld	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 midst	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 midst	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 midst	det
19	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beheld	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 sat	nsubj
22	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 midst	acl:relcl
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 figure	det
24	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 figure	amod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 meagre	punct
26	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 pale	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 figure	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 figure	cc
29	ghastly	ghastly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 figure	amod
30	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sat	obj
31	:	:	PUNCT	_	35 merchant	punct
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 merchant	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 merchant	cop
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 merchant	det
35	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obl
36	just	just	ADV	_	37 perishing	advmod
37	perishing	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 merchant	acl
38	with	with	ADP	_	39 famine	case
39	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 perishing	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 lamenting	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 lamenting	cc
42	lamenting	lament	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 perishing	conj
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 find	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 find	nsubj
45	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 find	aux
46	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 lamenting	advcl
47	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	49 berries	cc:preconj
48	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 berries	amod
49	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 find	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 spring	punct
51	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	54 spring	cc
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 spring	det
53	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 spring	amod
54	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 merchant	appos
55	in	in	ADP	_	60 desert	case
56	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	60 desert	det
57	forlorn	forlorn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 desert	amod
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 uninhabited	cc
59	uninhabited	uninhabited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 forlorn	conj
60	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 spring	nmod
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 begging	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 begging	cc
63	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 opened	advcl
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 protection	det
65	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 begging	obj
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 heaven	case
67	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 protection	nmod
68	against	against	ADP	_	70 tigers	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 tigers	det
70	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 begging	obl
71	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	75 destroy	obj
72	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 destroy	aux
73	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	75 destroy	advmod
74	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	75 destroy	advmod
75	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 tigers	acl:relcl
76	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 destroy	obj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 consumed	punct
78	since	since	SCONJ	_	81 consumed	mark
79	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 consumed	nsubj
80	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 consumed	aux
81	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	63 begging	conj
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 fuel	det
83	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 fuel	amod
84	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 consumed	obj
85	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 collected	nsubj
86	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 collected	aux
87	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	84 fuel	acl:relcl
88	to	to	PART	_	89 make	mark
89	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	87 collected	advcl
90	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 fires	amod
91	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 make	obj
92	to	to	PART	_	93 affright	mark
93	affright	affright	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	91 fires	acl
94	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 affright	obj
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 opened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	Bozaldab	God's eyes				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme
2	behold	past	Bozaldab not said here	a barren	the midst		solitary island obl	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barren=Stimulus
3	sit	past	the midst	a pale ghastly figure				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location figure=Theme
4	is a	past	figure	a merchant				tree rules
5	perish	gerund	a merchant not said here				with famine	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	lament	gerund	a merchant not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
7	find	could	God	wild berries				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Topic
8	beg speech: request	gerund	Bozaldab not said here	the protection of heaven			against the tigers	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent protection=Recipient
9	destroy	would		the tigers		now	God obj; certainly property	tree rules
10	consume	past · perfect	God	the last fuel				vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Asset
11	collect	past · perfect	God	the last fuel not said here				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme
12	make	to-infinitive	God not said here	nightly fires				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product
13	affright	to-infinitive	God not said here	fires = fire				tree rules
14	protect			heaven				nom protection «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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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 10