Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 18
Soon after he perceived the favourite Sultana, who before was seated by his side, enter with a bowl of poison, which she compelled Aboram to drink, and afterwards married the successor to his throne.
Who acts: son, side, bowl · What happens: perceive, seat, enter, compel, drink, marry · To what, where: favourite Sultana, Aboram, successor
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 (son, side, bowl), 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 | Soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 perceived | advmod |
| 2 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 perceived | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 perceived | nsubj |
| 4 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sultana | det |
| 6 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Sultana | amod |
| 7 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 perceived | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 seated | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 seated | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 seated | mark |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 seated | aux:pass |
| 12 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 Sultana | acl:relcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 side | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 side | nmod:poss |
| 15 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seated | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 enter | punct |
| 17 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 perceived | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 bowl | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 bowl | det |
| 20 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 enter | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 poison | case |
| 22 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 bowl | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 compelled | punct |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 compelled | nsubj |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 compelled | nsubj |
| 26 | compelled | compel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 bowl | acl:relcl |
| 27 | Aboram | Aboram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 compelled | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 drink | mark |
| 29 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 compelled | xcomp |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 married | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 married | cc |
| 32 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 33 married | advmod |
| 33 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 perceived | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 successor | det |
| 35 | successor | successor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 married | obj |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 throne | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 throne | nmod:poss |
| 38 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 married | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 perceived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | past | son | the favourite Sultana | soon property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sultana=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | seat | past · passive | son's side | the favourite Sultana | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Value | ||||
| 3 | enter | infinitive | son not said here | with a bowl of poison | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | compel | past | a bowl of poison | Aboram | Alla nsubj | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent aboram=Patient clause=Result | |||
| 5 | drink | to-infinitive | a bowl of poison not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | marry | past | son not said here | the successor | to son's throne; afterwards property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent successor=Patient to throne=Co-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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