Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 16

Bozaldab looked earnestly, and saw the countenance of his son, on which he had been used to behold the placid simplicity and the vivid blushes of health, now distorted with rage, and now fixed in the insensibility of drunkenness: it was again animated with disdain, it became pale with apprehension, and appeared to be withered by intemperance; his hands were stained with blood, and he trembled by turns with fury and terror.

Who acts: Bozaldab, countenance, intemperance, health · What happens: look, see, use, behold, distort, fix · To what, where: countenance, Bozaldab, placid simplicity, health, insensibility, hands

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 (Bozaldab, countenance, intemperance, health), 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	Bozaldab	Bozaldab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	_	2 looked	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 saw	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 saw	cc
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 countenance	det
8	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 son	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 countenance	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 used	punct
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 used	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 used	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 used	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 used	aux:pass
18	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 saw	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 behold	mark
20	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 used	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 simplicity	det
22	placid	placid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 simplicity	amod
23	simplicity	simplicity	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 behold	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 blushes	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 blushes	det
26	vivid	vivid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 blushes	amod
27	blushes	blush	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 simplicity	conj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 health	case
29	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 blushes	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 distorted	punct
31	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 distorted	advmod
32	distorted	distort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 health	acl
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 rage	case
34	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 distorted	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 fixed	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 fixed	cc
37	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 fixed	advmod
38	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 looked	parataxis
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 insensibility	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 insensibility	det
41	insensibility	insensibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 fixed	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 drunkenness	case
43	drunkenness	drunkenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 insensibility	nmod
44	:	:	PUNCT	_	48 animated	punct
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 animated	nsubj:pass
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 animated	aux:pass
47	again	again	ADV	_	48 animated	advmod
48	animated	animate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 looked	parataxis
49	with	with	ADP	_	50 disdain	case
50	disdain	disdain	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 animated	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 became	punct
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 became	nsubj
53	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 animated	parataxis
54	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 became	xcomp
55	with	with	ADP	_	56 apprehension	case
56	apprehension	apprehension	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 pale	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 appeared	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 appeared	cc
59	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 became	conj
60	to	to	PART	_	62 withered	mark
61	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	62 withered	aux:pass
62	withered	wither	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 appeared	xcomp
63	by	by	ADP	_	64 intemperance	case
64	intemperance	intemperance	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 withered	obl
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 stained	punct
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 hands	nmod:poss
67	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 stained	nsubj:pass
68	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 stained	aux:pass
69	stained	stain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 animated	conj
70	with	with	ADP	_	71 blood	case
71	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 stained	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 trembled	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 trembled	cc
74	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 trembled	nsubj
75	trembled	tremble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	conj
76	by	by	ADP	_	77 turns	case
77	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 trembled	obl
78	with	with	ADP	_	79 fury	case
79	fury	fury	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 turns	nmod
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 terror	cc
81	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 fury	conj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	Bozaldab				earnestly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	see	past		the countenance of Bozaldab's son				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer countenance=Stimulus
3	use	past · perfect · passive		Bozaldab			which obl	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	behold	to-infinitive		the placid simplicity and the vivid blushes of health				vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer simplicity=Stimulus
5	distort	participle		health not said here		now	with rage	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
6	fix	participle			the insensibility of drunkenness	now		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
7	animate	past · passive		countenance		again	with disdain	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with disdain=Instrument
8	become	past	countenance				pale property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
9	appear	past	countenance not said here					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
10	wither	to-infinitive · passive	intemperance					vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
11	stain	past · passive		Bozaldab's hands			with blood	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme
12	tremble	past	Bozaldab				by turns with fury and terror	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by turn=Location
13	blush		health					nom blush «state intransitive»: of=agent

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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🌲 Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 16

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 16