Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Merchant and His Sons., sentence 11
To complete his misfortunes, the little which he had left at home was consumed by a sudden fire, which burnt his house, and every thing in it; so that he was brought into a state of beggary.
Who acts: death, sudden fire · What happens: complete, leave, consume, burnt, bring · To what, where: misfortunes, home, house, death, state
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Merchant and His Sons.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (death, sudden fire), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 complete | mark |
| 2 | complete | complete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 misfortunes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | misfortunes | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 complete | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 consumed | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 little | det |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 which | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 consumed | obl |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 which | acl:relcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 home | case |
| 13 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 left | obl |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 consumed | aux:pass |
| 15 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 misfortunes | acl:relcl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 fire | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 fire | det |
| 18 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 fire | amod |
| 19 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 consumed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 burnt | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 burnt | nsubj |
| 22 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 fire | acl:relcl |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 house | nmod:poss |
| 24 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 burnt | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 thing | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 thing | cc |
| 27 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 thing | det |
| 28 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 complete | obl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 it | case |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 thing | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 brought | punct |
| 32 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 36 brought | mark |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 so | fixed |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 brought | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 brought | aux:pass |
| 36 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 complete | conj |
| 37 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 state | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 state | det |
| 39 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 brought | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 beggary | case |
| 41 | beggary | beggary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 state | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 complete | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complete | to-infinitive | death's misfortunes | every thing in thing obl | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | leave | past · perfect | death | home | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location | ||||
| 3 | consume | past · passive | a sudden fire | death's misfortunes | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | burnt | past | a sudden fire | death's house | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | bring | past · passive | death | a state of beggary | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into state=Destination |
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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