Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 10
The Calif instantly beheld a magnificent palace, adorned with the statues of his ancestors wrought in jasper; the ivory doors of which, turning on hinges of the gold of Golconda, discovered a throne of diamonds, surrounded with the Rajas of fifty nations, and with ambassadors in various habits, and of different complexions; on which sat Aboram, the much-lamented son of Bozaldab, and by his side a princess fairer than a Houri.
Who acts: Calif · What happens: behold, adorn, turn, discover, surround, sit · To what, where: magnificent palace, hinges, throne, diamonds, Aboram
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Bozaldab.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Calif), 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 Calif | det |
| 2 | Calif | Calif | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 beheld | nsubj |
| 3 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 4 beheld | advmod |
| 4 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 6 | magnificent | magnificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 palace | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beheld | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adorned | punct |
| 9 | adorned | adorn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 palace | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 statues | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 statues | det |
| 12 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 adorned | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 ancestors | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 ancestors | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 statues | nmod |
| 16 | wrought | wrought | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ancestors | amod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 jasper | case |
| 18 | jasper | jasper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wrought | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 doors | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 doors | det |
| 21 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 doors | compound |
| 22 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 beheld | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 which | case |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 doors | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 turning | punct |
| 26 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 beheld | advcl |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 hinges | case |
| 28 | hinges | hinge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 turning | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 gold | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 gold | det |
| 31 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 hinges | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Golconda | case |
| 33 | Golconda | Golconda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 gold | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 discovered | punct |
| 35 | discovered | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 beheld | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 throne | det |
| 37 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 discovered | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 diamonds | case |
| 39 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 throne | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 surrounded | punct |
| 41 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 diamonds | acl |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 Rajas | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Rajas | det |
| 44 | Rajas | raja | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 nations | case |
| 46 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 nations | nummod |
| 47 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 Rajas | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 ambassadors | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 ambassadors | cc |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 ambassadors | case |
| 51 | ambassadors | ambassador | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 discovered | parataxis |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 habits | case |
| 53 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 habits | amod |
| 54 | habits | habit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 ambassadors | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 complexions | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 complexions | cc |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 complexions | case |
| 58 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 complexions | amod |
| 59 | complexions | complexion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 ambassadors | conj |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 sat | punct |
| 61 | on | on | ADP | _ | 62 which | case |
| 62 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 sat | nsubj |
| 63 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 beheld | parataxis |
| 64 | Aboram | Aboram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 sat | obj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 son | punct |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 son | det |
| 67 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 lamented | compound |
| 68 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 67 much | punct |
| 69 | lamented | lament | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 70 son | amod |
| 70 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 Aboram | appos |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 Bozaldab | case |
| 72 | Bozaldab | Bozaldab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 son | nmod |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 fairer | punct |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 fairer | cc |
| 75 | by | by | ADP | _ | 77 side | case |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 side | nmod:poss |
| 77 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 fairer | obl |
| 78 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 79 princess | det |
| 79 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 fairer | obl:unmarked |
| 80 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 63 sat | conj |
| 81 | than | than | ADP | _ | 83 Houri | case |
| 82 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 83 Houri | det |
| 83 | Houri | Houri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 fairer | obl |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 beheld | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold | past | the Calif | a magnificent palace | the ivory doors obl; instantly property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | adorn | participle | a magnificent palace not said here | with the statues of Calif's ancestors | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with statue=Theme | ||||
| 3 | turn | gerund | the Calif not said here | hinges of the gold of Golconda | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on hinge=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | discover | past | the Calif not said here | a throne of diamonds | ambassadors in various habits and different complexions parataxis | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Topic | |||
| 5 | surround | participle | diamonds not said here | the Rajas of fifty nations obl:agent | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | sit | past | Aboram | which nsubj | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location aboram=Theme | ||||
| 7 | lament | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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