Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 8

At that moment he furiously raised his hand, which Despair had armed with a dagger, to strike deep into his bosom; when suddenly thick flashes of lightning shot through the cavern, and a being of more than human beauty and magnitude, arrayed in azure robes, crowned with amaranth, and waving a branch of palm in his right hand, arrested the arm of the trembling and astonished Calif, and said with a majestic smile, “Follow me to the top of this mountain.”

Who acts: God, thick flashes, lightning · What happens: raise, arm, strike, shoot, be, array · To what, where: hand, bosom, lightning, cavern, human beauty, azure robes · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (God, thick flashes, lightning), 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 moment	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 moment	det
3	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raised	nsubj
5	furiously	furiously	ADV	_	6 raised	advmod
6	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 armed	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 armed	nsubj:pass
11	Despair	Despair	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 armed	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 armed	aux
13	armed	arm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 hand	acl:relcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 dagger	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dagger	det
16	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 armed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 strike	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 strike	mark
19	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 raised	conj
20	deep	deep	ADV	_	19 strike	advmod
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 bosom	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 bosom	nmod:poss
23	bosom	bosom	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 strike	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 more	punct
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	40 more	advmod
26	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	27 thick	advmod
27	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 flashes	amod
28	flashes	flash	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 more	nsubj
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 lightning	case
30	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 flashes	nmod
31	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 lightning	acl
32	through	through	ADP	_	34 cavern	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 cavern	det
34	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 shot	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 more	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 more	cc
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 more	det
38	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 more	cop
39	of	of	ADP	_	40 more	case
40	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 raised	parataxis
41	than	than	ADP	_	43 beauty	case
42	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 beauty	amod
43	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 more	obl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 magnitude	cc
45	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 beauty	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 arrayed	punct
47	arrayed	array	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 beauty	acl
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 robes	case
49	azure	azure	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 robes	compound
50	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 arrayed	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 crowned	punct
52	crowned	crown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 robes	acl
53	with	with	ADP	_	54 amaranth	case
54	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 crowned	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 arrested	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 arrested	cc
57	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 arrested	advcl
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 branch	det
59	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 waving	obj
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 palm	case
61	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 branch	nmod
62	in	in	ADP	_	65 hand	case
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 hand	nmod:poss
64	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 hand	amod
65	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 waving	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 waving	punct
67	arrested	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 more	conj
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 arm	det
69	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 arrested	obj
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 trembling	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 trembling	det
72	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 arm	nmod
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 astonished	cc
74	astonished	astonish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 arrested	conj
75	Calif	Calif	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 astonished	obj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 said	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 said	cc
78	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 arrested	conj
79	with	with	ADP	_	82 smile	case
80	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 smile	det
81	majestic	majestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 smile	amod
82	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 said	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 Follow	punct
84	“	"	PUNCT	_	85 Follow	punct
85	Follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 said	ccomp
86	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	85 Follow	obj
87	to	to	ADP	_	89 top	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 top	det
89	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 Follow	obl
90	of	of	ADP	_	92 mountain	case
91	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	92 mountain	det
92	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 top	nmod
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	85 Follow	punct
94	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 raised	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	God	God's hand		moment	furiously property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	arm	past · perfect · passive		God's hand			with a dagger; Despair nsubj	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with dagger=Theme
3	strike	to-infinitive	God not said here		God's bosom		deep property	vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bosom=Location
4	shoot	participle		lightning not said here	the cavern			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through cavern=Destination
5	is	gerund	thick flashes of lightning				than human beauty and magnitude; more property	tree rules
6	array	participle		human beauty and magnitude not said here	azure robes			tree rules
7	crown	participle		azure robes not said here			with amaranth	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with amaranth=Theme
8	wave	gerund		a branch of palm			in God's right hand	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent branch=Patient in hand=Theme
9	arrest	past	thick flashes of lightning not said here	the arm of the trembling				vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
10	astonish	past	thick flashes of lightning not said here	Calif				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus calif=Experiencer
11	say speech: assert	past	thick flashes of lightning not said here				with a majestic smile	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	follow in a quote	infinitive		thick flashes of lightning = flash	the top of this mountain			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme to top=Trajectory
13	bosom		God					nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent
14	flash		lightning					nom flash «event intransitive»: of=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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🌲 Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 8

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 8