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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Mencius., sentence 9

“Yes,” replied the hermit; “on mankind I have exhausted my whole fortune; and this staff, that cup, and those roots, are all that I have in return.”—“Did you bestow your fortune among them, or did you only lend it?” returned Mencius.

Who acts: hermit, staff, you · What happens: reply, exhaust, be, bestow, do, lend · To what, where: whole fortune, return, fortune, hermit, Mencius · 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 (hermit, staff, you), 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

punctdiscoursepunctpunctparataxisdetobjpunctpunctcaseoblnsubjauxacl:relclnmod:possamodobjpunctccdetnsubjpunctdetconjpunctccdetnsubjpunctcopadvmodmarknsubjconjcaseoblpunctpunctpunctpunctauxnsubjconjnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctccconjnsubjadvmodccompobjpunctpunctobjpunctroot“PUNCTYesINTJ,PUNCT”PUNCTrepliedVERBtheDEThermitNOUN;PUNCT“PUNCTonADPmankindNOUNIPRONhaveAUXexhaustedVERBmyPRONwholeADJfortuneNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJthisDETstaffNOUN,PUNCTthatDETcupNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthoseDETrootsNOUN,PUNCTareAUXallADVthatSCONJIPRONhaveVERBinADPreturnNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT—PUNCT“PUNCTDidAUXyouPRONbestowVERByourPRONfortuneNOUNamongADPthemPRON,PUNCTorCCONJdidVERByouPRONonlyADVlendVERBitPRON?PUNCT”PUNCTreturnedVERBMenciusPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 repliedpunct
2YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 replieddiscourse
3,,PUNCT_2 Yespunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Yespunct
5repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin57 returnedparataxis
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 hermitdet
7hermithermitNOUNNumber=Sing5 repliedobj
8;;PUNCT_9 “punct
9“"PUNCT_5 repliedpunct
10ononADP_11 mankindcase
11mankindmankindNOUNNumber=Sing9 “obl
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 exhaustednsubj
13havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 exhaustedaux
14exhaustedexhaustVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 mankindacl:relcl
15mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 fortunenmod:poss
16wholewholeADJDegree=Pos17 fortuneamod
17fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing14 exhaustedobj
18;;PUNCT_34 havepunct
19andandCCONJ_34 havecc
20thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem21 staffdet
21staffstaffNOUNNumber=Sing34 havensubj
22,,PUNCT_24 cuppunct
23thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem24 cupdet
24cupcupNOUNNumber=Sing21 staffconj
25,,PUNCT_34 havepunct
26andandCCONJ_34 havecc
27thosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem28 rootsdet
28rootsrootNOUNNumber=Plur34 havensubj
29,,PUNCT_28 rootspunct
30arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 havecop
31allallADV_34 haveadvmod
32thatthatSCONJ_34 havemark
33IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs34 havensubj
34havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 repliedconj
35ininADP_36 returncase
36returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing34 haveobl
37..PUNCT_5 repliedpunct
38”"PUNCT_5 repliedpunct
39—-PUNCT_43 bestowpunct
40“"PUNCT_43 bestowpunct
41DiddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 bestowaux
42youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs43 bestownsubj
43bestowbestowVERBVerbForm=Inf5 repliedconj
44youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 fortunenmod:poss
45fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing43 bestowobj
46amongamongADP_47 themcase
47themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs43 bestowobl
48,,PUNCT_50 didpunct
49ororCCONJ_50 didcc
50diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 repliedconj
51youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs53 lendnsubj
52onlyonlyADV_53 lendadvmod
53lendlendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin50 didccomp
54ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 lendobj
55??PUNCT_5 repliedpunct
56”"PUNCT_5 repliedpunct
57returnedreturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
58MenciusMenciusPROPNNumber=Sing57 returnedobj
59..PUNCT_57 returnedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reply speech: askpastthe hermitmankind oblvn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2exhaust in a quotepresent · perfectthe hermit = hermitmy whole fortunevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fortune=Experiencer
3is in a quotepresentthis staff and that cupreturnthat roots nsubj; I nsubj; all, have propertytree rules
4bestow in a quotepast · do-supportyouyour fortuneamong roots = roottree rules
5do in a quotepastthe hermit not said heretree rules
6lend in a quotepresentyouhermitvn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
7returnpastMenciusvn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mencius=Theme

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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