Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 16
He was now roused by his danger to a quick and painful remembrance of his folly; he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is consulted; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to seek shelter in the grove, and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle.
Who acts: danger, Obidah, unmanly impatience, petty curiosity · What happens: rouse, see, lose, consult, lament, prompt · To what, where: Obidah, happiness, ease, unmanly impatience, shelter, grove · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Obidah.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (danger, Obidah, unmanly impatience, petty curiosity), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 roused | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 roused | aux:pass |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 roused | advmod |
| 4 | roused | rouse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 danger | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 danger | nmod:poss |
| 7 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 roused | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 remembrance | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 remembrance | det |
| 10 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 remembrance | amod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 painful | cc |
| 12 | painful | painful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 quick | conj |
| 13 | remembrance | remembrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 danger | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 folly | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 folly | nmod:poss |
| 16 | folly | folly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 remembrance | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 saw | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | nsubj |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 saw | advmod |
| 20 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 roused | conj |
| 21 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 lost | advmod |
| 22 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 lost | aux:pass |
| 24 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 saw | ccomp |
| 25 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 consulted | advmod |
| 26 | ease | ease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 consulted | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 consulted | aux:pass |
| 28 | consulted | consult | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 lost | advcl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 lamented | punct |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 lamented | nsubj |
| 31 | lamented | lament | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 roused | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 impatience | det |
| 33 | unmanly | unmanly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 impatience | amod |
| 34 | impatience | impatience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 lamented | obj |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 prompted | nsubj |
| 36 | prompted | prompt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 impatience | acl:relcl |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 prompted | obj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 seek | mark |
| 39 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 prompted | xcomp |
| 40 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 seek | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 grove | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 grove | det |
| 43 | grove | grove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 seek | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 despised | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 despised | cc |
| 46 | despised | despise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 lamented | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 curiosity | det |
| 48 | petty | petty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 curiosity | compound |
| 49 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 despised | obj |
| 50 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 led | nsubj |
| 51 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 curiosity | acl:relcl |
| 52 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 led | obj |
| 53 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 led | compound:prt |
| 54 | from | from | ADP | _ | 55 trifle | case |
| 55 | trifle | trifle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 led | obl |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 trifle | mark |
| 57 | trifle | trifle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 led | advcl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 roused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rouse | past · passive | Obidah's danger to a quick remembrance of Obidah's folly | Obidah | now | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | see | past | Obidah | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lose | present · passive | happiness | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | consult | present · passive | ease | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | lament | past | Obidah | the unmanly impatience | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer impatience=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | prompt | past | the unmanly impatience | Obidah | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | seek | to-infinitive | the unmanly impatience not said here | shelter | the grove | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme in grove=Location | |||
| 8 | despise | past | Obidah not said here | the petty curiosity | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer curiosity=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | lead on | past | the petty curiosity | Obidah | trifle | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from trifle=Destination | |||
| 10 | trifle | to-infinitive | the petty curiosity not said here | vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | remember | Obidah's folly | nom remembrance «cognition 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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