Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 7
He therefore still continued to walk for a time, without the least remission of his ardour, except that he was sometimes tempted to stop by the music of the birds, whom the heat had assembled in the shade, and sometimes amused himself with plucking the flowers that covered the banks on either side, or the fruits that hung upon the branches.
Who acts: flowers, fruits, ardour · What happens: continue, walk, tempt, stop, assemble, amuse · To what, where: Obidah, heat, shade, flowers, banks, side
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 (flowers, fruits, ardour), 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 continued | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 4 continued | advmod |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 continued | advmod |
| 4 | continued | continue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 walk | mark |
| 6 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 continued | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walk | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 remission | punct |
| 11 | without | without | ADP | _ | 14 remission | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 remission | det |
| 13 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 remission | amod |
| 14 | remission | remission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walk | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 ardour | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 ardour | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ardour | ardour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 remission | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 tempted | punct |
| 19 | except | except | ADP | _ | 24 tempted | mark |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 tempted | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 tempted | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 tempted | aux:pass |
| 23 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 24 tempted | advmod |
| 24 | tempted | tempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 continued | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 stop | mark |
| 26 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 tempted | xcomp |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 music | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 music | det |
| 29 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 stop | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 birds | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 birds | det |
| 32 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 music | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 assembled | punct |
| 34 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 assembled | obl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 heat | det |
| 36 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 assembled | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 assembled | aux |
| 38 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 birds | acl:relcl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 shade | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 shade | det |
| 41 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 assembled | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 amused | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 amused | cc |
| 44 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 45 amused | advmod |
| 45 | amused | amuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 continued | conj |
| 46 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 amused | obj |
| 47 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 48 plucking | mark |
| 48 | plucking | pluck | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 amused | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 flowers | det |
| 50 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 plucking | obj |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 covered | nsubj |
| 52 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 flowers | acl:relcl |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 banks | det |
| 54 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 covered | obj |
| 55 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 side | case |
| 56 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 side | det |
| 57 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 covered | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 fruits | punct |
| 59 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 61 fruits | cc |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 fruits | det |
| 61 | fruits | fruit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 plucking | obl |
| 62 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 hung | nsubj |
| 63 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 fruits | acl:relcl |
| 64 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 66 branches | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 branches | det |
| 66 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 hung | obl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | participle · passive | Obidah | still | therefore property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | walk | to-infinitive | time | without the least remission of Obidah's ardour | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | tempt | past · passive | Obidah | sometimes property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | stop | to-infinitive | by the music of the birds | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | assemble | past · perfect · passive | the heat | the shade | the birds obl | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||
| 6 | amuse | past | Obidah | sometimes property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | pluck | gerund | the flowers | the fruits obl | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | ||||
| 8 | cover | past | the flowers | the banks | either side | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bank=Destination | |||
| 9 | hang | past | the fruits | the branches | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon branch=Location | ||||
| 10 | remit | Obidah's ardour | nom remission «event 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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