Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 28
The sight of what he believed he should possess; the projects he had formed for the employment of it; all these things had left such profound traces in the mind of Abdallah, that nothing could efface them.
Who acts: sight, nothing · What happens: believe, possess, form, leave, efface, employ · To what, where: projects, things, mind, traces, employment, Abdallah · 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 (sight, nothing), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sight | det |
| 2 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 what | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 what | case |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believed | nsubj |
| 6 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 possess | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 possess | aux |
| 9 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 believed | ccomp |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 formed | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 projects | det |
| 12 | projects | project | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 formed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 formed | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 formed | aux |
| 15 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 employment | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 employment | det |
| 18 | employment | employment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 formed | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 it | case |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 employment | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 left | punct |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 things | det:predet |
| 23 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 24 things | det |
| 24 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 left | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 left | aux |
| 26 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 what | parataxis |
| 27 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 traces | amod |
| 28 | profound | profound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 traces | compound |
| 29 | traces | trace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 left | obj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 mind | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 mind | det |
| 32 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 left | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Abdallah | case |
| 34 | Abdallah | Abdallah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 mind | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 efface | punct |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 efface | mark |
| 37 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 39 efface | nsubj |
| 38 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 efface | aux |
| 39 | efface | efface | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 left | conj |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 efface | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 what | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | sight | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | possess | should | sight | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | form | past · perfect · passive | the projects | for the employment of employment; sight nsubj | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for employment=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | leave | past · perfect · passive | all things | the mind of Abdallah | such profound traces obj | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme trace=Attribute | |||
| 5 | efface | could | nothing | traces = trace | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument they=Patient | ||||
| 7 | employ | employment | nom employment «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | mind | Abdallah | nom mind «cognition 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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