Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 14
“Hassan,” said he, “I have raised thy curiosity, and it shall be satisfied: he who now talks with thee is Almalic, the sovereign of the faithful, whose seat is the throne of Medina, and whose commission is from above.”
Who acts: Hassan, curiosity, thee, seat, commission · What happens: say, raise, be, talk · To what, where: Hassan, throne · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Hassan, curiosity, thee, seat), 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 | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Hassan | Hassan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hassan | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hassan | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 raised | punct |
| 8 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 raised | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 raised | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 raised | aux |
| 11 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 said | conj |
| 12 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 curiosity | nmod:poss |
| 13 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 raised | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 satisfied | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 satisfied | cc |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 satisfied | nsubj |
| 17 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 satisfied | aux |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 satisfied | cop |
| 19 | satisfied | satisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 raised | conj |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 talks | punct |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 talks | nsubj |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 talks | nsubj |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 talks | advmod |
| 24 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 Almalic | case |
| 26 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 Almalic | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 Almalic | cop |
| 28 | Almalic | Almalic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 talks | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 sovereign | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sovereign | det |
| 31 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Almalic | appos |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 faithful | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 faithful | det |
| 34 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 sovereign | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 throne | punct |
| 36 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 37 seat | nmod:poss |
| 37 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 throne | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 throne | cop |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 throne | det |
| 40 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sovereign | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Medina | case |
| 42 | Medina | Medina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 throne | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 above | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 above | cc |
| 45 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 46 commission | nmod:poss |
| 46 | commission | commission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 above | nsubj |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 above | cop |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 above | case |
| 49 | above | above | ADV | _ | 24 talks | advmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Hassan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | raise in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Hassan | thy curiosity obj | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme curiosity=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | shall | curiosity | satisfied property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | talk in a quote | present | Hassan | now | who nsubj | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | thee | with Almalic; the sovereign of the faithful appos | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | the throne's seat | the throne | of Medina | tree rules | |||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | commission | above 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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