Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 7

One day, as they continued their travels, they found themselves in a solitary place, and the Dervise said to Abdallah, “My son, we are now at the end of our journey; I shall employ my prayers to obtain from Heaven, that the earth may open and make an entrance wide enough to permit thee to descend into a place where thou wilt find one of the greatest treasures that the earth incloses into her bowels.

Who acts: care, Dervise, we, earth, thou, our · What happens: continue, travel, find, say, be, employ · To what, where: care, solitary place, Abdallah, end, prayers, Heaven · 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 (care, Dervise, we, earth), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continued	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 continued	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 continued	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 continued	nsubj
6	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 travels	nmod:poss
8	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 continued	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 found	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 found	nsubj
11	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 continued	conj
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 found	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 place	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 place	det
15	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 place	amod
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 found	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 said	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Dervise	det
20	Dervise	Dervise	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 said	nsubj
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 continued	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 Abdallah	case
23	Abdallah	Abdallah	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 said	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 son	punct
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	23 Abdallah	appos
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 end	punct
29	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 end	nsubj
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 end	cop
31	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 end	advmod
32	at	at	ADP	_	34 end	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 end	det
34	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Abdallah	appos
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 journey	case
36	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 journey	nmod:poss
37	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 end	nmod
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 employ	punct
39	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 employ	nsubj
40	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 employ	aux
41	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 continued	conj
42	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 prayers	nmod:poss
43	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 employ	obj
44	to	to	PART	_	45 obtain	mark
45	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 employ	advcl
46	from	from	ADP	_	47 Heaven	case
47	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 obtain	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 open	punct
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 open	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 earth	det
51	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 open	nsubj
52	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 open	aux
53	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 employ	parataxis
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 make	cc
55	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 open	conj
56	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 entrance	det
57	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 make	obj
58	wide	wide	ADV	_	59 enough	advmod
59	enough	enough	ADV	_	55 make	advmod
60	to	to	PART	_	61 permit	mark
61	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 make	advcl
62	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	61 permit	obj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 descend	mark
64	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 permit	xcomp
65	into	into	ADP	_	67 place	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 place	det
67	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 descend	obl
68	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	71 find	advmod
69	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	71 find	nsubj
70	wilt	will	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	71 find	aux
71	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 place	acl:relcl
72	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	71 find	obj
73	of	of	ADP	_	76 treasures	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 treasures	det
75	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	76 treasures	amod
76	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 one	nmod
77	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	80 incloses	obj
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 earth	det
79	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 incloses	nsubj
80	incloses	inclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	76 treasures	acl:relcl
81	into	into	ADP	_	83 bowels	case
82	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	83 bowels	nmod:poss
83	bowels	bowel	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 incloses	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 continued	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	past	care				day		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	travel	present	care not said here					care nmod:poss	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	past	care	care		a solitary place			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic
4	say speech: assert	past	the Dervise		Abdallah				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to abdallah=Recipient
5	is in a quote	present	we				at the end; now	of our journey	tree rules
6	employ in a quote	shall	the Dervise = dervise	my prayers					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme
7	obtain in a quote	to-infinitive	the Dervise = dervise not said here			Heaven			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from heaven=Source
8	open in a quote	may	the earth						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	make in a quote	infinitive	the earth not said here	a entrance				enough property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset entrance=Product
10	permit in a quote	to-infinitive	the earth not said here	thee					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer thou=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
11	descend not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	the earth not said here			a place			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into place=Location
12	find in a quote	future	thou	one of the greatest treasures					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic
13	inclose in a quote	present	the earth	the greatest treasures		earth's bowels			tree rules
14	journey in a quote		our						nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent
15	pray in a quote		my						nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 7