Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 20

He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sabre in hand, for the beasts of the desart were in motion, and on every hand were mingled howls of rage and fear, and savage expiration; all the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him; the winds roared in the woods, and the torrents tumbled from the hills.

Who acts: Obidah, beasts, solitude, winds, torrents, rage · What happens: rise, press on, be, mingle, surround, roar · To what, where: horrors, hand, motion, howls, Obidah, woods

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 (Obidah, beasts, solitude, winds), 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	2 rose	nsubj
2	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 confidence	case
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tranquillity	cc
6	tranquillity	tranquillity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confidence	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pressed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pressed	cc
9	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rose	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	9 pressed	compound:prt
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 sabre	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sabre	nmod:poss
13	sabre	sabre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pressed	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 hand	case
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pressed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 beasts	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 beasts	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 beasts	det
19	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 motion	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 desart	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 desart	det
22	desart	desart	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 beasts	nmod
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 motion	cop
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 motion	case
25	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pressed	parataxis
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 mingled	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 mingled	cc
28	on	on	ADP	_	30 hand	case
29	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	30 hand	det
30	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 mingled	obl
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 mingled	aux:pass
32	mingled	mingle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rose	conj
33	howls	howl	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 mingled	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 rage	case
35	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 howls	nmod
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 fear	cc
37	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 rage	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 expiration	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 expiration	cc
40	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 expiration	amod
41	expiration	expiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 mingled	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 horrors	punct
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	45 horrors	det:predet
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 horrors	det
45	horrors	horror	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rose	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 darkness	case
47	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 horrors	nmod
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 solitude	cc
49	solitude	solitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 darkness	conj
50	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 solitude	acl
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 surrounded	obj
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 roared	punct
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 winds	det
54	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 roared	nsubj
55	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rose	parataxis
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 woods	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 woods	det
58	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 roared	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 tumbled	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 tumbled	cc
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 torrents	det
62	torrents	torrent	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 tumbled	nsubj
63	tumbled	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 roared	conj
64	from	from	ADP	_	66 hills	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 hills	det
66	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 tumbled	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rose	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rise	past	Obidah	all horrors of darkness and solitude		with confidence and tranquillity	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	press on	participle	Obidah not said here		hand	with Obidah's sabre	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the beasts of the desart		motion		tree rules
4	mingle	past · passive	Obidah not said here	howls of rage and fear	every hand	savage expiration obl	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: howl=Patient
5	surround	participle	solitude not said here	Obidah			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
6	roar	past	the winds		the woods		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
7	tumble	past	the torrents		the hills		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial_Location
8	howl		rage and fear				nom howl «communication 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 Obidah., sentence 20

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 20