Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 11
As his habit was that of a pilgrim, I hastened to receive him with such hospitality as was in my power; and my cheerfulness was rather increased than restrained by his presence.
Who acts: I · What happens: hasten, receive, be, increase, restrain · To what, where: Almalic, cheerfulness
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Omar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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 | ADP | _ | 3 habit | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 habit | nmod:poss |
| 3 | habit | habit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 that | cop |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 habit | mark |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 pilgrim | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pilgrim | det |
| 8 | pilgrim | pilgrim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hastened | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pilgrim | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 hastened | nsubj |
| 11 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 that | parataxis |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 receive | mark |
| 13 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hastened | xcomp |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 receive | obj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 hospitality | case |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 hospitality | amod |
| 17 | hospitality | hospitality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 receive | obl |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 power | case |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 power | cop |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 power | case |
| 21 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 power | nmod:poss |
| 22 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 receive | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 increased | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 increased | cc |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 cheerfulness | nmod:poss |
| 26 | cheerfulness | cheerfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 increased | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 increased | aux:pass |
| 28 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 29 increased | advmod |
| 29 | increased | increase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 hastened | conj |
| 30 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 31 restrained | mark |
| 31 | restrained | restrain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 increased | advcl |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 presence | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 presence | nmod:poss |
| 34 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 restrained | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 habit | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hasten | past | I | of a pilgrim | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | receive | to-infinitive | I not said here | Almalic | with such hospitality | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | past | as my power; my nmod:poss | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | increase | past · passive | my cheerfulness | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | restrain | participle | by Almalic's presence | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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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