Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 17

Being plied with two or three other imaginary bumpers of different wines equally delicious, and a little vexed with this fantastic treat, he pretended to grow fluttered, and gave the Barmecide a good box on the ear; but immediately recovering himself, Sir, says he, I beg ten thousand pardons, but I told you before, that it was my misfortune to be quarrelsome in my drink.

Who acts: hand, I, box · What happens: ply, vex, pretend, grow, flutter, give · To what, where: little, Barmecide, ear, hand, thousand pardons, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Schacabac.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hand, I, box), 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	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 plied	aux:pass
2	plied	ply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 says	ccomp
3	with	with	ADP	_	9 bumpers	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 bumpers	nummod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 three	cc
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 two	conj
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bumpers	amod
8	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bumpers	amod
9	bumpers	bumper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plied	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 wines	case
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wines	amod
12	wines	wine	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bumpers	nmod
13	equally	equally	ADV	_	14 delicious	advmod
14	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wines	amod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 vexed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 vexed	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 little	det
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 vexed	obl:unmarked
19	vexed	vex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 plied	conj
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 treat	case
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 treat	det
22	fantastic	fantastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 treat	amod
23	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 vexed	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 pretended	punct
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 pretended	nsubj
26	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 vexed	parataxis
27	to	to	PART	_	28 grow	mark
28	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 pretended	xcomp
29	fluttered	flutter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 grow	xcomp
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 gave	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 gave	cc
32	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 pretended	conj
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Barmecide	det
34	Barmecide	barmecide	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 gave	obj
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 box	det
36	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 box	amod
37	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 gave	obj
38	on	on	ADP	_	40 ear	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 ear	det
40	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 gave	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 says	punct
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	49 says	cc
43	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	44 recovering	advmod
44	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 says	advcl
45	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	44 recovering	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Sir	punct
47	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 recovering	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 recovering	punct
49	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 says	obj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 beg	punct
52	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 beg	nsubj
53	beg	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 says	ccomp
54	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	55 thousand	compound
55	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	56 pardons	nummod
56	pardons	pardon	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 beg	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 told	punct
58	but	but	CCONJ	_	60 told	cc
59	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 told	nsubj
60	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 says	conj
61	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 told	iobj
62	before	before	ADV	_	60 told	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 misfortune	punct
64	that	that	SCONJ	_	68 misfortune	mark
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 misfortune	nsubj
66	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 misfortune	cop
67	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 misfortune	nmod:poss
68	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 told	parataxis
69	to	to	PART	_	71 quarrelsome	mark
70	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	71 quarrelsome	cop
71	quarrelsome	quarrelsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 misfortune	acl
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 drink	case
73	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 drink	nmod:poss
74	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 quarrelsome	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	49 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ply	gerund · passive					with two other imaginary bumpers of different wines	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with bumper=Theme
2	vex	participle		a little			with this fantastic treat	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	pretend	past	hand					tree rules
4	grow	to-infinitive	hand not said here					tree rules
5	flutter	participle	hand not said here					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	give	past	hand not said here	the Barmecide		the ear	a good box obj	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent barmecide=Recipient box=Theme on ear=Asset
7	recover	gerund		hand			Sir obl; immediately property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
8	say speech: assert	present		hand				tree rules
9	beg speech: request	present	I	thousand pardons				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
10	tell speech: assert	past	I		you		before property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
11	is a	past	box	my misfortune			my nmod:poss	tree rules
12	is	to-infinitive	I not said here			my drink	quarrelsome property	tree rules

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, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 17

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 17