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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Merchant and His Sons., sentence 13

It happened one day, that having travelled many miles, and obtained but little relief, he saw a gentleman walking in the fields, not far from a fine seat.

Who acts: It, that, death, gentleman · What happens: happen, have, travel, obtain, see, walk · To what, where: many miles, gentleman, fields

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 (It, that, death, gentleman), 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

nsubjnummodobl:unmarkedpunctnsubjnsubjparataxisamodobjpunctccconjccamodconjpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjaclcasedetoblpunctadvmodadvmodcasedetamodoblpunctrootItPRONhappenedVERBoneNUMdayNOUN,PUNCTthatPRONhavingVERBtravelledVERBmanyADJmilesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJobtainedVERBbutCCONJlittleADJreliefNOUN,PUNCThePRONsawVERBaDETgentlemanNOUNwalkingVERBinADPtheDETfieldsNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTfarADVfromADPaDETfineADJseatNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 daynummod
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing2 happenedobl:unmarked
5,,PUNCT_8 travelledpunct
6thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 travellednsubj
7havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger8 travellednsubj
8travelledtravelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 happenedparataxis
9manymanyADJDegree=Pos10 milesamod
10milesmileNOUNNumber=Plur8 travelledobj
11,,PUNCT_13 obtainedpunct
12andandCCONJ_13 obtainedcc
13obtainedobtainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 travelledconj
14butbutCCONJ_16 reliefcc
15littlelittleADJDegree=Pos16 reliefamod
16reliefreliefNOUNNumber=Sing13 obtainedconj
17,,PUNCT_19 sawpunct
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 sawnsubj
19sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 happenedparataxis
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 gentlemandet
21gentlemangentlemanNOUNNumber=Sing19 sawobj
22walkingwalkVERBVerbForm=Ger21 gentlemanacl
23ininADP_25 fieldscase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 fieldsdet
25fieldsfieldNOUNNumber=Plur22 walkingobl
26,,PUNCT_28 farpunct
27notnotPARTPolarity=Neg28 faradvmod
28farfarADVDegree=Pos22 walkingadvmod
29fromfromADP_32 seatcase
30aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 seatdet
31finefineADJDegree=Pos32 seatamod
32seatseatNOUNNumber=Sing28 farobl
33..PUNCT_2 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastItdayvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2havegerundvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3travelpastthatmany milesvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mile=Trajectory
4obtainpastthat not said herelittle relief conjvn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5seepastdeatha gentlemanvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gentleman=Stimulus
6walkgerunda gentleman not said herethe fieldsfar propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Trajectory

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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