Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 29
Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day: we rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour, and full of expectation; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on awhile in the strait road of piety towards the mansions of rest.
Who acts: you, that, human life, we · What happens: remember, life, be, rise, set forward · To what, where: son, journey
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 (you, that, human life, we), 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 | Remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 son | punct |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 son | nmod:poss |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Remember | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 journey | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 life | nsubj |
| 7 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 journey | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 journey | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 journey | det |
| 11 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 day | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 journey | nmod |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 rise | punct |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 rise | nsubj |
| 17 | rise | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remember | parataxis |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 morning | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 morning | det |
| 20 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 rise | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 youth | case |
| 22 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 morning | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 full | punct |
| 24 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 youth | amod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 vigour | case |
| 26 | vigour | vigour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 full | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 full | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 full | cc |
| 29 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 rise | advcl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 expectation | case |
| 31 | expectation | expectation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 full | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 set | punct |
| 33 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 set | nsubj |
| 34 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remember | conj |
| 35 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 34 set | advmod |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 spirit | case |
| 37 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 set | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 hope | cc |
| 39 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 spirit | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 gaiety | punct |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 gaiety | case |
| 42 | gaiety | gaiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Remember | parataxis |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 diligence | cc |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 diligence | case |
| 45 | diligence | diligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 gaiety | conj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 travel | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 travel | cc |
| 48 | travel | travel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 gaiety | conj |
| 49 | on | on | ADP | _ | 54 road | case |
| 50 | awhile | awhile | ADV | _ | 54 road | advmod |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 road | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 road | det |
| 53 | strait | strait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 road | compound |
| 54 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 travel | nmod |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 piety | case |
| 56 | piety | piety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 road | nmod |
| 57 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 59 mansions | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 mansions | det |
| 59 | mansions | mansion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 travel | nmod |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 rest | case |
| 61 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 mansions | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Remember | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | imperative | you not said here | my son | gaiety and diligence and travel on the strait road of piety towards the mansions of rest parataxis | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent son=Theme | |||
| 2 | life | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | human life | the journey | day | tree rules | |||
| 4 | rise | present | we | morning | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | set forward | present | we | with spirit and hope; forward property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with spirit=Instrument |
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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