Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 31
He departed, therefore, immediately for Magrebi, carrying with him his candlestick, which he lighted every night, and by that means furnished himself with what was necessary on the road, without being obliged to implore the assistance and compassion of the faithful.
Who acts: thing, candlestick, that · What happens: depart, carry, light, mean, furnish, be · To what, where: candlestick, thing, road, assistance · 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 (thing, candlestick, that), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 departed | nsubj |
| 2 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 therefore | punct |
| 4 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 2 departed | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 immediately | punct |
| 6 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 4 therefore | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Magrebi | case |
| 8 | Magrebi | Magrebi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 departed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 carrying | punct |
| 10 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 departed | advcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 carrying | obl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 candlestick | nmod:poss |
| 14 | candlestick | candlestick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carrying | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 lighted | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 lighted | nsubj |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 lighted | nsubj |
| 18 | lighted | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 candlestick | acl:relcl |
| 19 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 night | det |
| 20 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lighted | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 means | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 means | cc |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 that | case |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 means | nsubj |
| 25 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 departed | parataxis |
| 26 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 means | ccomp |
| 27 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 26 furnished | obj |
| 28 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 31 necessary | mark |
| 29 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 necessary | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 necessary | cop |
| 31 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 furnished | advcl |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 road | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 road | det |
| 34 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 necessary | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 obliged | punct |
| 36 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 38 obliged | mark |
| 37 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 obliged | aux:pass |
| 38 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 furnished | conj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 implore | mark |
| 40 | implore | implore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 obliged | xcomp |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 assistance | det |
| 42 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 implore | obj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 compassion | cc |
| 44 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 assistance | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 faithful | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 faithful | det |
| 47 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 compassion | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 departed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depart | past | thing | for Magrebi; therefore property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | gerund | thing not said here | thing's candlestick | with thing | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candlestick=Theme | |||
| 3 | light | past | thing's candlestick | night | thing nsubj | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | mean | present | that | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | furnish | past | thing | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | |||||
| 6 | is | past | the road | what nsubj; necessary property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | oblige | gerund · passive | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Result | ||||||
| 8 | implore | to-infinitive | the assistance and compassion of the faithful | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient |
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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