Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Merchant and His Sons., sentence 16
At first, however, he did not make it appear that he had any knowledge of him, but brought him home, and ordered his servants to take care of him, and furnish him for that night with lodgings and victuals.
Who acts: gentleman, assistance, servants · What happens: not make, not appear, have, bring, order, take · To what, where: assistance, knowledge, gentleman, servants, care
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, assistance, servants), 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 | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 make | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 first | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 make | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 make | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 make | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 make | advmod |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 make | obj |
| 11 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 make | xcomp |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 had | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 had | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 appear | ccomp |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 knowledge | det |
| 16 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 had | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 knowledge | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 brought | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 brought | cc |
| 21 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 had | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 brought | obj |
| 23 | home | home | ADV | _ | 21 brought | advmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 ordered | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 ordered | cc |
| 26 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 brought | advcl |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 servants | nmod:poss |
| 28 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 ordered | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 take | mark |
| 30 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 ordered | xcomp |
| 31 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 take | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 him | case |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 take | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 furnish | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 furnish | cc |
| 36 | furnish | furnish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 make | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 furnish | obj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 night | case |
| 39 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 night | det |
| 40 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 furnish | obl |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 lodgings | case |
| 42 | lodgings | lodging | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 furnish | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 victuals | cc |
| 44 | victuals | victual | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 lodgings | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 make | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | past · do-support | gentleman | assistance | first, however property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not appear | infinitive | assistance not said here | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | have | past | gentleman | any knowledge of death | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient | ||||
| 4 | bring | past | gentleman not said here | gentleman | home property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | |||
| 5 | order | past | gentleman not said here | gentleman's servants | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | gentleman's servants not said here | care | of gentleman | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of he=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | furnish | infinitive | gentleman not said here | gentleman | night | with lodgings and victuals | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with lodging=Theme |
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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