Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 25
Abdallah, who was meditating all the day upon what he had seen the night before, was willing to know what would happen the next night, if he put a light in each of them; he did so, and twelve Dervises appeared that instant; they turned round also for an hour, and each threw an asper as they disappeared.
Who acts: Abdallah, twelve Dervises, Dervises, each · What happens: meditate, see, be, know, happen, put · To what, where: light, each, instant, asper · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Abdallah, twelve Dervises, Dervises, each), 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 | Abdallah | Abdallah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 willing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 meditating | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 meditating | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 meditating | aux |
| 5 | meditating | meditate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Abdallah | acl |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meditating | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 what | case |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 meditating | obl |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 seen | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 seen | aux |
| 13 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 what | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | before | before | ADV | _ | 13 seen | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Abdallah | punct |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 willing | cop |
| 19 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 know | mark |
| 21 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 willing | xcomp |
| 22 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 happen | nsubj |
| 23 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 happen | aux |
| 24 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 know | ccomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 night | det |
| 26 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 night | amod |
| 27 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 happen | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 put | punct |
| 29 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 31 put | mark |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 put | nsubj |
| 31 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 willing | conj |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 light | det |
| 33 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 put | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 each | case |
| 35 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 put | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 them | case |
| 37 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 each | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 did | punct |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 did | nsubj |
| 40 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 willing | parataxis |
| 41 | so | so | ADV | _ | 40 did | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 appeared | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 appeared | cc |
| 44 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 45 Dervises | nummod |
| 45 | Dervises | dervis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 appeared | nsubj |
| 46 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 did | conj |
| 47 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 48 instant | det |
| 48 | instant | instant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 appeared | obj |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 turned | punct |
| 50 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 turned | nsubj |
| 51 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 willing | parataxis |
| 52 | round | round | ADV | _ | 51 turned | advmod |
| 53 | also | also | ADV | _ | 51 turned | advmod |
| 54 | for | for | ADP | _ | 56 hour | case |
| 55 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 hour | det |
| 56 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 turned | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 threw | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 threw | cc |
| 59 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 60 threw | nsubj |
| 60 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 turned | conj |
| 61 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 asper | det |
| 62 | asper | asper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 threw | obj |
| 63 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 65 disappeared | mark |
| 64 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 disappeared | nsubj |
| 65 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 threw | advcl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 willing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meditate | past · progressive | Abdallah | day | upon Abdallah | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | see | past · perfect | Abdallah | night | before property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | is | past | Abdallah | willing property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | know | to-infinitive | Abdallah not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | happen | would | night | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | put a condition, not said to happen | past | Abdallah | a light | each of desires | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme in each=Destination | |||
| 7 | do | past | Abdallah | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | appear | past | twelve Dervises | that instant | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location instant=Theme | ||||
| 9 | turn round | past | Dervises = dervis | hour | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 10 | throw | past | each | a asper | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asper=Theme | ||||
| 11 | disappear | past | Dervises = dervis | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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