Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 48
Thou shalt find to-morrow, at the gate of my palace, one of my horses to carry thee; I make thee a present of it, as well as of a slave, who shall conduct thee to thy house; and two camels loaded with gold and jewels, which thou shalt choose thyself out of my treasures.”
Who acts: Thou, I, slave, two camels, my · What happens: find, carry, make, conduct, load, choose · To what, where: two camels, gate, thee, house, thyself, treasures
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 (Thou, I, slave, two camels), 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 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 morrow | case |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 to | punct |
| 6 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gate | punct |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 gate | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gate | det |
| 10 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 palace | case |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 palace | nmod:poss |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gate | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 one | punct |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 palace | appos |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 horses | case |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 horses | nmod:poss |
| 18 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 one | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 carry | mark |
| 20 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 horses | acl |
| 21 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 carry | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 make | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 make | nsubj |
| 24 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | parataxis |
| 25 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 24 make | obj |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 present | det |
| 27 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 it | case |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 present | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 slave | punct |
| 31 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 36 slave | cc |
| 32 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 as | fixed |
| 33 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 as | fixed |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 as | fixed |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 slave | det |
| 36 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 conduct | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 conduct | nsubj |
| 39 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 conduct | aux |
| 40 | conduct | conduct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 slave | acl:relcl |
| 41 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 40 conduct | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 house | case |
| 43 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 house | nmod:poss |
| 44 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 conduct | obl |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 camels | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 camels | cc |
| 47 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 48 camels | nummod |
| 48 | camels | camel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | obl |
| 49 | loaded | load | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 camels | acl |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 gold | case |
| 51 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 loaded | obl |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 jewels | cc |
| 53 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 camels | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 choose | punct |
| 55 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 choose | nsubj |
| 56 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 58 choose | nsubj |
| 57 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 58 choose | aux |
| 58 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 camels | parataxis |
| 59 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 58 choose | obj |
| 60 | out | out | ADP | _ | 63 treasures | case |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 treasures | case |
| 62 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 treasures | nmod:poss |
| 63 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 choose | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 find | punct |
| 65 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 find | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | shall | Thou | two camels and jewels | the gate of my palace | to morrow | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | Thou not said here | thee | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | present | I | thee | a present of present obj; a slave conj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary present=Product | |||
| 4 | conduct | shall | a slave | thee | thy house | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to house=Destination | |||
| 5 | load | participle | two camels and jewels not said here | with gold | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | ||||
| 6 | choose | shall | two camels and jewels | thyself | my treasures | thou nsubj | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Theme | ||
| 7 | treasure | my | nom treasure «possession 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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