Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 14
“But as I have taken from thee that which I cannot restore, I will at least gratify the wishes that I excited, lest thy heart accuse me of injustice, and thou continue still a stranger to thyself.
Who acts: Hassan, heart, thou · What happens: take, not restore, gratify, accuse, continue · To what, where: thee, wishes, least, Hassan, stranger
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, heart, thou), 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 | _ | 20 gratify | punct |
| 2 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 taken | cc |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 taken | mark |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 taken | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 taken | aux |
| 6 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 gratify | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 thee | case |
| 8 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 taken | obl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 restore | mark |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 restore | obj |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 restore | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 restore | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 restore | advmod |
| 14 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 will | advcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 restore | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 will | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 gratify | aux |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 least | case |
| 19 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 gratify | obl |
| 20 | gratify | gratify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 wishes | det |
| 22 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 gratify | obj |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 excited | nsubj |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 excited | nsubj |
| 25 | excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 wishes | acl:relcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 accuse | punct |
| 27 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 30 accuse | mark |
| 28 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 heart | nmod:poss |
| 29 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 accuse | nsubj |
| 30 | accuse | accuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 gratify | conj |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 accuse | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 injustice | case |
| 33 | injustice | injustice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 accuse | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 continue | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 continue | cc |
| 36 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 continue | nsubj |
| 37 | continue | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 gratify | conj |
| 38 | still | still | ADV | _ | 40 stranger | advmod |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 stranger | det |
| 40 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 continue | obl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 thyself | case |
| 42 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 40 stranger | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 gratify | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | present · perfect | Hassan | thee | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from thou=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not restore in a quote | can | Hassan | which obj | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gratify in a quote | future | the wishes | least | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | accuse in a quote | infinitive | thy heart | Hassan | of injustice | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Theme of injustice=Attribute | |||
| 5 | continue in a quote | present | thou | a stranger to thyself | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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