Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Merchant and His Sons., sentence 15
The gentleman, who happened to be no other than his own brother, did not at first know him; but after some discourse with him, he perceived who he was.
Who acts: gentleman · What happens: happen, be, not know, perceive · To what, where: death
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 (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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gentleman | det |
| 2 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 know | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gentleman | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 other | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 other | cop |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 other | det |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 happened | advcl |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 brother | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 brother | amod |
| 13 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 other | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 gentleman | punct |
| 15 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 know | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 know | advmod |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 first | case |
| 18 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 know | obl |
| 19 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 know | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 perceived | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 perceived | cc |
| 23 | after | after | ADP | _ | 25 discourse | case |
| 24 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 discourse | det |
| 25 | discourse | discourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 perceived | obl |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 him | case |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 discourse | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 discourse | punct |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 perceived | nsubj |
| 30 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 know | conj |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 30 perceived | ccomp |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 who | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 who | cop |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | the gentleman | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | the gentleman not said here | than gentleman's own brother; other property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not know | past · do-support | the gentleman | death | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | perceive | past | gentleman | after some discourse with gentleman | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | gentleman | tree rules |
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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