Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 41
Immediately he placed a light in each of its branches; and when the twelve Dervises had turned round for some time, Abounadar gave each of them a blow with a cane, and in a moment they were converted into twelve sequins, diamonds, and other precious stones.
Who acts: wretch, twelve Dervises, Abounadar · What happens: place, turn round, give, convert · To what, where: light, each, Dervises, twelve sequins
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 (wretch, twelve Dervises, Abounadar), 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 | Immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 3 placed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 placed | nsubj |
| 3 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 light | det |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 placed | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 each | case |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 placed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 branches | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 branches | nmod:poss |
| 10 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 each | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 gave | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 gave | cc |
| 13 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 18 turned | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Dervises | det |
| 15 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 Dervises | nummod |
| 16 | Dervises | dervis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 turned | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 turned | aux |
| 18 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 gave | advcl |
| 19 | round | round | ADV | _ | 18 turned | advmod |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 time | case |
| 21 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 time | det |
| 22 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 turned | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 turned | punct |
| 24 | Abounadar | Abounadar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 gave | nsubj |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 placed | conj |
| 26 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 gave | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 them | case |
| 28 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 each | nmod |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 blow | det |
| 30 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gave | obj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 cane | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 cane | det |
| 33 | cane | cane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 blow | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 moment | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 moment | cc |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 moment | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 moment | det |
| 38 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 placed | obl |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 converted | nsubj |
| 40 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 converted | aux:pass |
| 41 | converted | convert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 moment | acl:relcl |
| 42 | into | into | ADP | _ | 44 sequins | case |
| 43 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 44 sequins | nummod |
| 44 | sequins | sequin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 converted | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 diamonds | punct |
| 46 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 sequins | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 stones | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 stones | cc |
| 49 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 stones | amod |
| 50 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 stones | amod |
| 51 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 moment | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 placed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past | wretch | a light | each of light's branches | moment | immediately property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme in each=Destination | |
| 2 | turn round | past · perfect | the twelve Dervises | time | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | give | past | Abounadar | each of Dervises | a blow obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent each=Recipient blow=Theme | |||
| 4 | convert | past · passive | Dervises = dervis | into twelve sequins and diamonds result | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into sequin=Result |
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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