Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 47
When he was at the eve of the day which he had fixed for his departure, he said to him, “Abdallah, my son, I believe by what has happened to thee, thou art corrected of the frightful vice of ingratitude; however, I owe thee a mark of my affection, for having undertaken so long a journey, with a view of bringing me the thing I had desired: thou may’st depart, I shall detain thee no longer.
Who acts: Abounadar, Abdallah, view, thou · What happens: be, fix, say, believe, happen, correct · To what, where: eve, day, Abdallah, thee, undertaken journey, thing · 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 (Abounadar, Abdallah, view, thou), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 eve | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 eve | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 eve | cop |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 eve | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eve | det |
| 6 | eve | eve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eve | nmod |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 fixed | aux |
| 13 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 day | acl:relcl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 departure | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 departure | nmod:poss |
| 16 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fixed | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 eve | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Abdallah | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Abdallah | punct |
| 24 | Abdallah | Abdallah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 believe | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 son | punct |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 son | nmod:poss |
| 27 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Abdallah | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 believe | punct |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 believe | nsubj |
| 30 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | ccomp |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 what | case |
| 32 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 34 happened | nsubj |
| 33 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 happened | aux |
| 34 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 believe | ccomp |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 thee | case |
| 36 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 happened | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 art | punct |
| 38 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 art | nsubj |
| 39 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 believe | conj |
| 40 | corrected | correct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 art | xcomp |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 vice | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 vice | det |
| 43 | frightful | frightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 vice | amod |
| 44 | vice | vice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 corrected | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 ingratitude | case |
| 46 | ingratitude | ingratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 vice | nmod |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 owe | punct |
| 48 | however | however | ADV | _ | 51 owe | advmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 however | punct |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 owe | nsubj |
| 51 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | conj |
| 52 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 owe | obj |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 mark | det |
| 54 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 owe | obj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 affection | case |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 affection | nmod:poss |
| 57 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 mark | nmod |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 having | punct |
| 59 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 60 having | mark |
| 60 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 owe | advcl |
| 61 | undertaken | undertake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 65 journey | amod |
| 62 | so | so | ADV | _ | 63 long | advmod |
| 63 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 65 journey | advmod |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 journey | det |
| 65 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 having | obj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 view | punct |
| 67 | with | with | ADP | _ | 69 view | case |
| 68 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 69 view | det |
| 69 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 having | obl |
| 70 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 71 bringing | mark |
| 71 | bringing | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 69 view | acl |
| 72 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 71 bringing | iobj |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 thing | det |
| 74 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 bringing | obj |
| 75 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 77 desired | nsubj |
| 76 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 77 desired | aux |
| 77 | desired | desire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 74 thing | acl:relcl |
| 78 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 81 depart | punct |
| 79 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 81 depart | nsubj |
| 80 | may’st | may'st | X | Foreign=Yes | 81 depart | dep |
| 81 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 said | conj |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 85 detain | punct |
| 83 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 85 detain | nsubj |
| 84 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 85 detain | aux |
| 85 | detain | detain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 81 depart | conj |
| 86 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 85 detain | obj |
| 87 | no | no | ADV | _ | 88 longer | advmod |
| 88 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 85 detain | advmod |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Abounadar | the eve | day | tree rules | |||
| 2 | fix | past · perfect · passive | the day | for Abounadar's departure; Abounadar nsubj:pass | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for departure=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Abounadar | Abdallah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | believe in a quote | present | Abdallah | I nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | happen in a quote | present · perfect | to thee; what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | correct speech: disagree in a quote | participle | Abdallah not said here | of the frightful vice of ingratitude | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | owe in a quote | present | Abounadar | thee | a mark of my affection obj; however property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent thou=Goal mark=Theme | |||
| 8 | have in a quote | gerund | Abounadar not said here | a undertaken journey | with a view | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient | |||
| 9 | undertake in a quote | participle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 10 | bring in a quote | gerund | a view not said here | the thing | Abounadar | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination thing=Theme | |||
| 11 | desire in a quote | past · perfect | Abounadar | the thing not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | ||||
| 12 | depart in a quote | infinitive | thou | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 13 | detain in a quote | shall | Abounadar | thee | long property | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | |||
| 14 | depart | Abounadar | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 15 | mark in a quote | my affection | nom mark «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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