Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 51
“I had it,” said he, “so long in my power; Abounadar, without me, had never been the possessor of it: what risks did I not run in the subterraneous vault?
Who acts: Abdallah, possessor · What happens: have, say, not be, risk, do, not run · To what, where: passion, possessor, subterraneous vault · 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 (Abdallah, possessor), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 power | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 power | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 power | advmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 power | case |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 power | nmod:poss |
| 15 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | ccomp |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 Abounadar | punct |
| 17 | Abounadar | Abounadar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 power | appos |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 me | punct |
| 19 | without | without | ADP | _ | 20 me | case |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 said | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 had | punct |
| 22 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 23 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 26 possessor | advmod |
| 24 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 possessor | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 possessor | det |
| 26 | possessor | possessor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 had | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 it | case |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 possessor | nmod |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 risks | punct |
| 30 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 risks | nsubj |
| 31 | risks | risk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 possessor | parataxis |
| 32 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 risks | ccomp |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 run | nsubj |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 run | advmod |
| 35 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 did | parataxis |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 vault | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 vault | det |
| 38 | subterraneous | subterraneous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 vault | amod |
| 39 | vault | vault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 run | obl |
| 40 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | Abdallah | passion | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | Abdallah | my power ccomp; me ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | past | Abdallah not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is a in a quote | participle | the possessor | of passion | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | risk in a quote | present | the possessor | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | do in a quote | past | the possessor not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | not run in a quote | present | Abdallah | the subterraneous vault | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vault=Trajectory |
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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