Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 9
As he was eating very heartily of this imaginary goose, and crying up the sauce to the skies, the Barmecide desired him to keep a corner of his stomach for a roasted lamb, fed with pistachio-nuts, and after having called for it, as though it had really been served up, Here is a dish, says he, that you will see at nobody’s table but my own.
Who acts: Schacabac, Barmecide, dish, you · What happens: eat, cry up, desire, keep, roast, feed · To what, where: sauce, skies, Schacabac, corner, dish, table · 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 (Schacabac, Barmecide, dish, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 eating | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eating | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 eating | aux |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 desired | advcl |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 heartily | advmod |
| 6 | heartily | heartily | ADV | _ | 4 eating | advmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 goose | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 goose | det |
| 9 | imaginary | imaginary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 goose | amod |
| 10 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heartily | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 crying | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 crying | cc |
| 13 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 eating | conj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 crying | compound:prt |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sauce | det |
| 16 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crying | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 skies | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 skies | det |
| 19 | skies | sky | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 crying | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 eating | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Barmecide | det |
| 22 | Barmecide | Barmecide | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 desired | nsubj |
| 23 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 dish | csubj |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 desired | obj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 keep | mark |
| 26 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 desired | advcl |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 corner | det |
| 28 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 keep | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 stomach | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 stomach | nmod:poss |
| 31 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 corner | nmod |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 lamb | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 lamb | det |
| 34 | roasted | roast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 lamb | amod |
| 35 | lamb | lamb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 stomach | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 fed | punct |
| 37 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 corner | acl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 nuts | case |
| 39 | pistachio | pistachio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 nuts | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 pistachio | punct |
| 41 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 fed | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 called | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 called | cc |
| 44 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 45 having | mark |
| 45 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 called | aux |
| 46 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 desired | parataxis |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 it | case |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 called | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 served | punct |
| 50 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 56 served | mark |
| 51 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 50 as | fixed |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 served | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 served | aux |
| 54 | really | really | ADV | _ | 56 served | advmod |
| 55 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 56 served | aux:pass |
| 56 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 called | conj |
| 57 | up | up | ADP | _ | 56 served | compound:prt |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Here | punct |
| 59 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 served | advmod |
| 60 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 dish | cop |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 dish | det |
| 62 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 says | nsubj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 dish | punct |
| 64 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 65 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 says | obj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 see | punct |
| 67 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 70 see | mark |
| 68 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 70 see | nsubj |
| 69 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 70 see | aux |
| 70 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 says | ccomp |
| 71 | at | at | ADP | _ | 74 table | case |
| 72 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 74 table | nmod:poss |
| 73 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 72 nobody | case |
| 74 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 see | obl |
| 75 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 77 own | cc |
| 76 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 own | nmod:poss |
| 77 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 see | conj |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 64 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past · progressive | Schacabac | heartily property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | cry up speech: express | gerund | Schacabac not said here | the sauce | the skies | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sauce=Topic to sky=Recipient | |||
| 3 | desire | past | the Barmecide | Schacabac | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | keep | to-infinitive | the Barmecide not said here | a corner of Schacabac's stomach for a roasted lamb | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corner=Theme | ||||
| 5 | roast | participle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 6 | feed | participle | a corner of Schacabac's stomach for a roasted lamb not said here | with pistachio nuts | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | call | gerund · perfect | for goose | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for it=Recipient | |||||
| 8 | serve up | past · perfect · passive | corner | here | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | ||||
| 9 | is a | present | a dish | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | say speech: assert | present | a dish | Schacabac | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | see | future | you | nobody's table | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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