Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Hamet and Raschid., sentence 12
“It is granted,” replies the Genius; and immediately he opened the ground with his sabre, and a fountain bubbling up under their feet, scattered its rills over the meadows; the flowers renewed their fragrance, the trees spread a greener foilage, and the flocks and herds quenched their thirst.
Who acts: Genius, water, fountain, flowers, trees, flocks · What happens: grant, reply, open, bubble up, scatter, renew · To what, where: brook, ground, feet, rills, meadows, fragrance · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Hamet and Raschid.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Genius, water, fountain, flowers), 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 | _ | 4 granted | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 granted | aux:pass |
| 4 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 replies | csubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 granted | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 granted | punct |
| 7 | replies | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Genius | det |
| 9 | Genius | Genius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 replies | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 opened | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 opened | cc |
| 12 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 14 opened | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 opened | nsubj |
| 14 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 replies | parataxis |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ground | det |
| 16 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 opened | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 sabre | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sabre | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sabre | sabre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 opened | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 scattered | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 scattered | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 fountain | det |
| 23 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 scattered | nsubj |
| 24 | bubbling | bubble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 fountain | acl |
| 25 | up | up | ADP | _ | 24 bubbling | compound:prt |
| 26 | under | under | ADP | _ | 28 feet | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 feet | nmod:poss |
| 28 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 bubbling | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 fountain | punct |
| 30 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 opened | conj |
| 31 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 rills | nmod:poss |
| 32 | rills | rill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 scattered | obj |
| 33 | over | over | ADP | _ | 35 meadows | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 meadows | det |
| 35 | meadows | meadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 scattered | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 renewed | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 flowers | det |
| 38 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 renewed | nsubj |
| 39 | renewed | renew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 replies | parataxis |
| 40 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 fragrance | nmod:poss |
| 41 | fragrance | fragrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 renewed | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 spread | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 trees | det |
| 44 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 spread | nsubj |
| 45 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 fragrance | acl:relcl |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 foilage | det |
| 47 | greener | green | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 48 foilage | amod |
| 48 | foilage | foilage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 spread | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 quenched | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 quenched | cc |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 flocks | det |
| 52 | flocks | flock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 quenched | nsubj |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 herds | cc |
| 54 | herds | herd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 flocks | conj |
| 55 | quenched | quench | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 renewed | conj |
| 56 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 thirst | nmod:poss |
| 57 | thirst | thirst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 quenched | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 replies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant in a quote | present · passive | brook | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | present | the Genius | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | open | past | water | the ground | with water's sabre; immediately property | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ground=Patient with sabre=Instrument | |||
| 4 | bubble up | gerund | a fountain not said here | Hamet's feet | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under foot=Location | ||||
| 5 | scatter | past | a fountain | brook's rills | the meadows | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rill=Theme over meadow=Destination | |||
| 6 | renew | past | the flowers | Hamet's fragrance | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fragrance=Patient | ||||
| 7 | spread | past | the trees | a greener foilage | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location foilage=Theme | ||||
| 8 | quench | past | the flocks and herds | Hamet's thirst | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thirst=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | thirst | Hamet | nom thirst «state 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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