Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 18
His mother concluded, upon the sight of them, that the Dervise only designed to make trial of his courage and obedience, and that they ought to make use of the happiness which fortune had presented to them; adding, that doubtless such was the intention of the holy Dervise.
Who acts: mother, desires · What happens: conclude, design, make, present, add, be · To what, where: Dervise, trial, use, fortune, desires, doubtless such intention
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Ingratitude Punished.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, desires), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 concluded | nsubj |
| 3 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sight | punct |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sight | det |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 concluded | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sight | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 designed | punct |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 designed | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Dervise | det |
| 13 | Dervise | Dervise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 designed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 15 designed | advmod |
| 15 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 concluded | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 make | mark |
| 17 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 designed | advcl |
| 18 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 make | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 courage | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 courage | nmod:poss |
| 21 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 trial | nmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 obedience | cc |
| 23 | obedience | obedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 courage | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 make | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 make | cc |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 make | mark |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 make | nsubj |
| 28 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 make | aux |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 make | mark |
| 30 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 concluded | parataxis |
| 31 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 make | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 happiness | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 happiness | det |
| 34 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 use | nmod |
| 35 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 36 fortune | det |
| 36 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 presented | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 presented | aux |
| 38 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 happiness | acl:relcl |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 them | case |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 presented | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 adding | punct |
| 42 | adding | add | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 concluded | advcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 intention | punct |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 intention | mark |
| 45 | doubtless | doubtless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 intention | amod |
| 46 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 intention | amod |
| 47 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 intention | cop |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 intention | det |
| 49 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 adding | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Dervise | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Dervise | det |
| 52 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 Dervise | amod |
| 53 | Dervise | Dervise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 intention | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 concluded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past | Abdallah's mother | upon the sight of desires | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | design | participle · passive | the Dervise | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | trial of Abdallah's courage and obedience | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trial=Product | |||||
| 4 | make | ought | desires = desire | use of the happiness | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | ||||
| 5 | present | past · perfect · passive | which fortune | desires = desire | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to they=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | add speech: assert | gerund | Abdallah's mother not said here | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 7 | is a | past | the doubtless such intention | of the holy Dervise | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | sight | desires = desire | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | try | Abdallah's courage and obedience | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | use | the happiness | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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