Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 8
The blessings which he petitioned of the Prophet, as the Prophet’s vicegerent, he was diligent to dispense; in the intervals of his devotion, therefore, he went about the city, relieving distress, and restraining oppression: the widow smiled under his protection, and the weakness of age and infancy was sustained by his bounty.
Who acts: blessings, Almalic, widow, bounty · What happens: petition, be, dispense, go, relieve, restrain · To what, where: intervals, distress, oppression, protection, weakness
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 (blessings, Almalic, widow, bounty), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 blessings | det |
| 2 | blessings | blessing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 went | nsubj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 petitioned | nsubj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 petitioned | nsubj |
| 5 | petitioned | petition | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 blessings | acl:relcl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Prophet | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Prophet | det |
| 8 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 petitioned | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 vicegerent | punct |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 vicegerent | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Prophet | det |
| 12 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 vicegerent | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 12 Prophet | case |
| 14 | vicegerent | vicegerent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 petitioned | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 diligent | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 diligent | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 diligent | cop |
| 18 | diligent | diligent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 vicegerent | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 dispense | mark |
| 20 | dispense | dispense | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 diligent | xcomp |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 intervals | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 intervals | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 intervals | det |
| 24 | intervals | interval | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 petitioned | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 devotion | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 devotion | nmod:poss |
| 27 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 intervals | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 blessings | punct |
| 29 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 32 went | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 therefore | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 went | nsubj |
| 32 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | about | about | ADP | _ | 35 city | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 city | det |
| 35 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 went | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 relieving | punct |
| 37 | relieving | relieve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 went | advcl |
| 38 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 relieving | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 restraining | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 restraining | cc |
| 41 | restraining | restrain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 relieving | conj |
| 42 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 restraining | obj |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 smiled | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 widow | det |
| 45 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 smiled | nsubj |
| 46 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 went | parataxis |
| 47 | under | under | ADP | _ | 49 protection | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 protection | nmod:poss |
| 49 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 smiled | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 sustained | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 sustained | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 weakness | det |
| 53 | weakness | weakness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 sustained | nsubj:pass |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 age | case |
| 55 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 weakness | nmod |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 infancy | cc |
| 57 | infancy | infancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 age | conj |
| 58 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 sustained | aux:pass |
| 59 | sustained | sustain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 smiled | conj |
| 60 | by | by | ADP | _ | 62 bounty | case |
| 61 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 bounty | nmod:poss |
| 62 | bounty | bounty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 sustained | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | petition | past | the blessings | the intervals of Almalic's devotion | of the Prophet; as the Prophet's vicegerent; Almalic nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | past | Almalic | diligent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | dispense | to-infinitive | Almalic not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go | past | the blessings | about the city; Almalic nsubj; therefore property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about city=Location | ||||
| 5 | relieve | gerund | the blessings not said here | distress | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distress=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | restrain | gerund | the blessings not said here | oppression | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer oppression=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | smile | past | the widow | Almalic's protection | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | sustain | past · passive | Almalic's bounty | the weakness of age and infancy | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 9 | devote | Almalic | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | protect | Almalic | nom protection «act transitive»: 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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