Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Mencius., sentence 10
“I bestowed it, undoubtedly,” replied the other; “for where were the merit of being a money lender?”—“Did they ever own that they received your benefits?” still adds the philosopher.
Who acts: I, staff, philosopher · What happens: bestow, reply, be, own, receive, add · To what, where: fortune, other, benefits · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Story of Mencius.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, staff, philosopher), 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 bestowed | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 bestowed | nsubj |
| 3 | bestowed | bestow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bestowed | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 undoubtedly | punct |
| 6 | undoubtedly | undoubtedly | ADV | _ | 3 bestowed | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| 9 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bestowed | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 other | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 replied | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 bestowed | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 merit | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 merit | case |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 18 merit | advmod |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 merit | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 merit | det |
| 18 | merit | merit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ; | parataxis |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 lender | case |
| 20 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 lender | cop |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 lender | det |
| 22 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 lender | compound |
| 23 | lender | lender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 merit | nmod |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 lender | punct |
| 25 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 lender | punct |
| 26 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 own | punct |
| 27 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 own | punct |
| 28 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 own | aux |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 own | nsubj |
| 30 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 31 own | advmod |
| 31 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 merit | conj |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 34 received | mark |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 received | nsubj |
| 34 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 own | ccomp |
| 35 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 benefits | nmod:poss |
| 36 | benefits | benefit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 received | obj |
| 37 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 36 benefits | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 benefits | punct |
| 39 | still | still | ADV | _ | 40 adds | advmod |
| 40 | adds | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 received | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 philosopher | det |
| 42 | philosopher | philosopher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 adds | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 bestowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bestow in a quote | past | I | fortune | undoubtedly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | the other | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent other=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | for the merit | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | gerund | of a money lender | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | own in a quote | past · do-support | staff | ever | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | receive in a quote | past | staff | your benefits | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme | ||||
| 7 | add speech: assert | present | the philosopher | still | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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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