Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 9
Here Obidah paused for a time, and began to consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence, and that the plain was dusty and uneven, he resolved to pursue the new path, which he supposed only to make a few meanders, in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road.
Who acts: Obidah, it, heat, plain · What happens: pause, begin, consider, be, forsake, know · To what, where: known track, greatest violence, new path, few meanders, last · 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 (Obidah, it, heat, plain), 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 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 paused | advmod |
| 2 | Obidah | Obidah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 paused | nsubj |
| 3 | paused | pause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paused | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 began | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 began | cc |
| 9 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 paused | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 consider | mark |
| 11 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 began | xcomp |
| 12 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 16 safe | mark |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 safe | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 safe | cop |
| 15 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 safe | advmod |
| 16 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 consider | ccomp |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 forsake | mark |
| 18 | forsake | forsake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 safe | csubj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 track | det |
| 20 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 track | amod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 common | cc |
| 22 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 known | conj |
| 23 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 forsake | obj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 remembering | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 remembering | cc |
| 26 | remembering | remember | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 paused | advcl |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 violence | mark |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 heat | det |
| 29 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 violence | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 violence | cop |
| 31 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 violence | advmod |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 violence | case |
| 33 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 violence | nmod:poss |
| 34 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 35 violence | amod |
| 35 | violence | violence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 remembering | ccomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 dusty | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 dusty | cc |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 dusty | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 plain | det |
| 40 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 dusty | nsubj |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 dusty | cop |
| 42 | dusty | dusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paused | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 uneven | cc |
| 44 | uneven | uneven | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 dusty | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 resolved | punct |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 resolved | nsubj |
| 47 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 paused | conj |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 pursue | mark |
| 49 | pursue | pursue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 resolved | xcomp |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 path | det |
| 51 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 path | amod |
| 52 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 pursue | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 supposed | punct |
| 54 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 supposed | obj |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 supposed | nsubj |
| 56 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 path | acl:relcl |
| 57 | only | only | ADV | _ | 59 make | advmod |
| 58 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 make | mark |
| 59 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 supposed | xcomp |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 meanders | det |
| 61 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 meanders | amod |
| 62 | meanders | meander | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 make | obj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 compliance | punct |
| 64 | in | in | ADP | _ | 65 compliance | case |
| 65 | compliance | compliance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 make | conj |
| 66 | with | with | ADP | _ | 68 varieties | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 varieties | det |
| 68 | varieties | variety | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 compliance | nmod |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 ground | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 ground | det |
| 71 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 varieties | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 end | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 end | cc |
| 74 | to | to | PART | _ | 75 end | mark |
| 75 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 59 make | parataxis |
| 76 | at | at | ADP | _ | 77 last | case |
| 77 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 end | obl |
| 78 | in | in | ADP | _ | 81 road | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 road | det |
| 80 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 81 road | amod |
| 81 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 end | obl |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 paused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pause | past | Obidah | here | time | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | begin | past | Obidah not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | consider | to-infinitive | Obidah not said here | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | past | it | long, safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | forsake | to-infinitive | the known track | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | know | participle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | remember | gerund | Obidah not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is | past | the heat | path's greatest violence | now | path nmod:poss | tree rules | ||
| 9 | is | past | the plain | dusty property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | be | the plain not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 11 | resolve | past | Obidah | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | pursue | to-infinitive | Obidah not said here | the new path | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme | ||||
| 13 | suppose | past | Obidah | the new path | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 14 | make | to-infinitive | Obidah not said here | a few meanders | compliance with the varieties of the ground conj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meander=Product | |||
| 15 | end | to-infinitive | last | in the common road | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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