Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 6
His vice was avarice, by which he became not only abominable, but wretched; he fancied some mighty charm in wealth, which, like the wand of Abdiel, would gratify every wish and obviate every fear.
Who acts: vice, man, mighty charm · What happens: be, become, fancy, gratify, obviate · To what, where: avarice, wish, fear
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 (vice, man, mighty charm), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 vice | nmod:poss |
| 2 | vice | vice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 avarice | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 avarice | cop |
| 4 | avarice | avarice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 became | punct |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 became | obl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 became | nsubj |
| 9 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 avarice | acl:relcl |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 abominable | advmod |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 abominable | advmod |
| 12 | abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 became | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wretched | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 wretched | cc |
| 15 | wretched | wretched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 abominable | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 fancied | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fancied | nsubj |
| 18 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 became | conj |
| 19 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 21 charm | det |
| 20 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 charm | amod |
| 21 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 gratify | nsubj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 wealth | case |
| 23 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 charm | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 gratify | punct |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 gratify | nsubj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 which | punct |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 29 wand | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 wand | det |
| 29 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 gratify | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Abdiel | case |
| 31 | Abdiel | Abdiel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 wand | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 wand | punct |
| 33 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 gratify | aux |
| 34 | gratify | gratify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 fancied | ccomp |
| 35 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 wish | det |
| 36 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 gratify | obj |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 obviate | cc |
| 38 | obviate | obviate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 gratify | conj |
| 39 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 fear | det |
| 40 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 obviate | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 avarice | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | man's vice | avarice | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | become | past | man | by avarice; abominable property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fancy | past | man | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | gratify | would | some mighty charm in wealth | every wish | like the wand of Abdiel; which nsubj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | obviate | infinitive | some mighty charm in wealth not said here | every fear | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fear=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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