Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 29
Therefore, seeing the small advantage he drew from the candlestick, he resolved to carry it back to the Dervise, in hopes that he might obtain of him the treasure he had seen, or at least find again the riches which had vanished from their sight, by restoring to him a thing for which he testified so earnest a desire.
Who acts: thing, riches, treasures · What happens: see, draw, resolve, carry, obtain, find · To what, where: small advantage, candlestick, advantage, hopes, treasure, riches
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 (thing, riches, treasures), 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 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 3 seeing | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Therefore | punct |
| 3 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 resolved | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 advantage | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 advantage | amod |
| 6 | advantage | advantage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seeing | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 drew | nsubj |
| 8 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 advantage | acl:relcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 candlestick | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 candlestick | det |
| 11 | candlestick | candlestick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drew | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 seeing | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 resolved | nsubj |
| 14 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 carry | mark |
| 16 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 resolved | xcomp |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 carry | obj |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 carry | advmod |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Dervise | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Dervise | det |
| 21 | Dervise | Dervise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 back | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 hopes | punct |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 hopes | case |
| 24 | hopes | hope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 carry | parataxis |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 obtain | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 obtain | nsubj |
| 27 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 obtain | aux |
| 28 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 hopes | acl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 him | case |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 obtain | obl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 treasure | det |
| 32 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 seen | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 seen | aux |
| 35 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 obtain | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 find | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 40 find | cc |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 least | case |
| 39 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 40 find | obl |
| 40 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 seen | parataxis |
| 41 | again | again | ADV | _ | 40 find | advmod |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 riches | det |
| 43 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 find | obj |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 vanished | nsubj |
| 45 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 vanished | aux |
| 46 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 riches | acl:relcl |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 sight | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 sight | nmod:poss |
| 49 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 vanished | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 restoring | punct |
| 51 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 52 restoring | mark |
| 52 | restoring | restore | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 find | advcl |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 him | case |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 restoring | obl |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 thing | det |
| 56 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 restoring | obj |
| 57 | for | for | ADP | _ | 58 which | case |
| 58 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 testified | obl |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 testified | nsubj |
| 60 | testified | testify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 thing | acl:relcl |
| 61 | so | so | ADV | _ | 62 earnest | advmod |
| 62 | earnest | earn | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 60 testified | obl |
| 63 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 desire | det |
| 64 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 earnest | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 resolved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | thing not said here | the small advantage | therefore property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer advantage=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | draw | past | thing | the small advantage not said here | the candlestick | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme from candlestick=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | resolve | past | thing | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | carry | to-infinitive | thing not said here | advantage | hopes parataxis | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 5 | obtain | might | thing | hopes not said here | of Abdallah | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme | |||
| 6 | see | past · perfect · passive | the treasure | thing nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | find | infinitive | the riches | least | again | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent rich=Theme at least=Asset | |||
| 8 | vanish | past · perfect | the riches | treasures's sight | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | restore | gerund | a thing | thing | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to he=Recipient | ||||
| 10 | testify speech: other | past | thing | earnest a desire | for a thing | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 11 | sight | treasures = treasure | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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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