Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 3
In the moment of recollection he started as from a dream, he covered his face in confusion, and bowed himself to the ground.—“Son of affliction,” said Omar, “who art thou, and what is thy distress?”
Who acts: man, Omar · What happens: start, cover, bow, say, be · To what, where: dream, face, man, ground, Son, distress · 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 (man, Omar), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 moment | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 moment | det |
| 3 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 started | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 recollection | case |
| 5 | recollection | recollection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moment | nmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 started | nsubj |
| 7 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 started | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 dream | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dream | det |
| 11 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 started | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 covered | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 covered | nsubj |
| 14 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 started | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 face | nmod:poss |
| 16 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 covered | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 confusion | case |
| 18 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 covered | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 bowed | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 bowed | cc |
| 21 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 started | conj |
| 22 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 21 bowed | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 ground | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 ground | det |
| 25 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bowed | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 started | punct |
| 27 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 Son | punct |
| 28 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 Son | punct |
| 29 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 said | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 affliction | case |
| 31 | affliction | affliction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 said | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 affliction | punct |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 affliction | punct |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 started | parataxis |
| 35 | Omar | Omar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 said | nsubj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 art | punct |
| 37 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 art | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 art | nsubj |
| 39 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 said | conj |
| 40 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 art | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 distress | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 distress | cc |
| 43 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 46 distress | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 distress | cop |
| 45 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 distress | nmod:poss |
| 46 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 said | ccomp |
| 47 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 46 distress | punct |
| 48 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 distress | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | man | a dream | moment | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | cover | past | man | man's face | in confusion | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Destination in confusion=Theme | |||
| 3 | bow | past | man not said here | man | the ground | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Topic to ground=Recipient | |||
| 4 | say speech: ask | past | Omar | Son | of affliction | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | thy distress | what nsubj; thy nmod:poss | 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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