Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 60
He knew where the candlestick was placed; he seized upon it, hid it in the bottom of one of the sacks, which he filled with pieces of gold and other riches which he was allowed to take, and loaded it, as well as the rest, upon his camels.
Who acts: Abounadar, sacks, gold · What happens: know, place, seize, hide, fill, allow · To what, where: candlestick, bottom, gold, camels · 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, sacks, gold), 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 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 placed | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 candlestick | det |
| 5 | candlestick | candlestick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 placed | aux:pass |
| 7 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 seized | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 seized | nsubj |
| 10 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | parataxis |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 seized | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hid | punct |
| 14 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 seized | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hid | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 bottom | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 bottom | det |
| 18 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hid | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 one | case |
| 20 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 bottom | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 sacks | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sacks | det |
| 23 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 one | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 filled | punct |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 filled | nsubj |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 filled | nsubj |
| 27 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 sacks | acl:relcl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 pieces | case |
| 29 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 filled | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 gold | case |
| 31 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 pieces | nmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 riches | cc |
| 33 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 riches | amod |
| 34 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 gold | conj |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 allowed | aux:pass |
| 38 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 gold | acl:relcl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 take | mark |
| 40 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 allowed | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 loaded | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 loaded | cc |
| 43 | loaded | load | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 seized | conj |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 loaded | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 rest | punct |
| 46 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 50 rest | cc |
| 47 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 46 as | fixed |
| 48 | as | as | ADP | _ | 46 as | fixed |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 rest | det |
| 50 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 loaded | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 camels | punct |
| 52 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 54 camels | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 camels | nmod:poss |
| 54 | camels | camel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 loaded | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Abounadar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | place | past · passive | the candlestick | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | seize | past | Abounadar | upon candlestick | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | hide | past | Abounadar not said here | candlestick | the bottom of one of the sacks | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in bottom=Location | |||
| 5 | fill | past | the sacks | with pieces of gold and other riches; Abounadar nsubj | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with piece=Instrument | ||||
| 6 | allow | past · passive | gold and other riches | Abounadar nsubj:pass | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | gold and other riches not said here | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | load | past | Abounadar not said here | candlestick | Abounadar's camels | the rest obl | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon camel=Destination |
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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