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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

nsubj:passadvmodadvmodmarkxcompcasedetoblpunctcasedetamodoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctmarkmarknsubj:passaux:passadvmodconjmarkxcompcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctobldetnsubj:passauxacl:relclcasedetoblpunctccadvmodconjobjmarkadvcldetobjnsubjacl:relcldetobjcasedetoblpunctccdetoblnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctrootHePRONthereforeADVstillADVcontinuedVERBtoPARTwalkVERBforADPaDETtimeNOUN,PUNCTwithoutADPtheDETleastADJremissionNOUNofADPhisPRONardourNOUN,PUNCTexceptADPthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXsometimesADVtemptedVERBtoPARTstopVERBbyADPtheDETmusicNOUNofADPtheDETbirdsNOUN,PUNCTwhomPRONtheDETheatNOUNhadAUXassembledVERBinADPtheDETshadeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsometimesADVamusedVERBhimselfPRONwithSCONJpluckingVERBtheDETflowersNOUNthatPRONcoveredVERBtheDETbanksNOUNonADPeitherDETsideNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJtheDETfruitsNOUNthatPRONhungVERBuponADPtheDETbranchesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 continuednsubj:pass
2thereforethereforeADV_4 continuedadvmod
3stillstillADV_4 continuedadvmod
4continuedcontinueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5totoPART_6 walkmark
6walkwalkVERBVerbForm=Inf4 continuedxcomp
7forforADP_9 timecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 timedet
9timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 walkobl
10,,PUNCT_14 remissionpunct
11withoutwithoutADP_14 remissioncase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 remissiondet
13leastleastADJDegree=Sup14 remissionamod
14remissionremissionNOUNNumber=Sing6 walkobl
15ofofADP_17 ardourcase
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 ardournmod:poss
17ardourardourNOUNNumber=Sing14 remissionnmod
18,,PUNCT_24 temptedpunct
19exceptexceptADP_24 temptedmark
20thatthatSCONJ_24 temptedmark
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 temptednsubj:pass
22wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 temptedaux:pass
23sometimessometimesADVPronType=Ind24 temptedadvmod
24temptedtemptVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 continuedconj
25totoPART_26 stopmark
26stopstopVERBVerbForm=Inf24 temptedxcomp
27bybyADP_29 musiccase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 musicdet
29musicmusicNOUNNumber=Sing26 stopobl
30ofofADP_32 birdscase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 birdsdet
32birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur29 musicnmod
33,,PUNCT_38 assembledpunct
34whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel38 assembledobl
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 heatdet
36heatheatNOUNNumber=Sing38 assemblednsubj:pass
37hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 assembledaux
38assembledassembleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 birdsacl:relcl
39ininADP_41 shadecase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 shadedet
41shadeshadeNOUNNumber=Sing38 assembledobl
42,,PUNCT_45 amusedpunct
43andandCCONJ_45 amusedcc
44sometimessometimesADVPronType=Ind45 amusedadvmod
45amusedamuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 continuedconj
46himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes45 amusedobj
47withwithSCONJ_48 pluckingmark
48pluckingpluckVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part45 amusedadvcl
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 flowersdet
50flowersflowerNOUNNumber=Plur48 pluckingobj
51thatthatPRONPronType=Rel52 coverednsubj
52coveredcoverVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin50 flowersacl:relcl
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 banksdet
54banksbankNOUNNumber=Plur52 coveredobj
55ononADP_57 sidecase
56eithereitherDETPronType=Ind57 sidedet
57sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing52 coveredobl
58,,PUNCT_61 fruitspunct
59ororCCONJ_61 fruitscc
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 fruitsdet
61fruitsfruitNOUNNumber=Plur48 pluckingobl
62thatthatPRONPronType=Rel63 hungnsubj
63hunghangVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin61 fruitsacl:relcl
64uponuponADP_66 branchescase
65thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art66 branchesdet
66branchesbranchNOUNNumber=Plur63 hungobl
67..PUNCT_4 continuedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1continueparticiple · passiveObidahstilltherefore propertytree rules
2walkto-infinitivetimewithout the least remission of Obidah's ardourvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3temptpast · passiveObidahsometimes propertyvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4stopto-infinitiveby the music of the birdsvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5assemblepast · perfect · passivethe heatthe shadethe birds oblvn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
6amusepastObidahsometimes propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer
7pluckgerundthe flowersthe fruits oblvn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient
8coverpastthe flowersthe bankseither sidevn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bank=Destination
9hangpastthe fruitsthe branchesvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon branch=Location
10remitObidah's ardournom 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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