Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Merchant and His Sons., sentence 17
In the mean time he resolved to discover himself to his brother next morning, and offer him a constant habitation in his house, after he had got the consent of his wife to the proposal.
Who acts: gentleman · What happens: resolve, discover, offer, get, consent · To what, where: gentleman, constant habitation, house, consent, wife
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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 resolved | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 resolved | nsubj |
| 6 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 discover | mark |
| 8 | discover | discover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 resolved | xcomp |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 discover | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 brother | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 discover | obl |
| 13 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 morning | amod |
| 14 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 discover | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 offer | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 offer | cc |
| 17 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 discover | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 offer | obj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 habitation | det |
| 20 | constant | constant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 habitation | amod |
| 21 | habitation | habitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 offer | obj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 house | case |
| 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 | 17 offer | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 got | punct |
| 26 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 29 got | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 got | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 got | aux |
| 29 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 resolved | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 consent | det |
| 31 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 got | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 wife | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 wife | nmod:poss |
| 34 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 consent | nmod |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 proposal | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 proposal | det |
| 37 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 wife | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 resolved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resolve | past | gentleman | time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | discover | to-infinitive | gentleman not said here | gentleman | morning | to gentleman's brother | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | ||
| 3 | offer | infinitive | gentleman not said here | a constant habitation | gentleman | gentleman's house | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal habitation=Theme | ||
| 4 | get | past · perfect | gentleman | the consent of gentleman's wife to the proposal | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer consent=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | consent | gentleman's wife to the proposal | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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