Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 16
I sprung from the ground as it were with the wing of an eagle; I kissed the hem of his garment in an extasy of gratitude and joy; and when I went from my house, my heart leaped as if it had escaped from the den of a lion.
Who acts: I, ground · What happens: spring, be, kiss, go, leap, escape · To what, where: ground, hem, house, heart, den
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, ground), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 sprung | nsubj |
| 2 | sprung | spring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 ground | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ground | det |
| 5 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sprung | obl |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 wing | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wing | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 wing | cop |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 wing | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wing | det |
| 11 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sprung | advcl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 eagle | case |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 eagle | det |
| 14 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wing | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 kissed | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 kissed | nsubj |
| 17 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sprung | parataxis |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 hem | det |
| 19 | hem | hem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 kissed | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 garment | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 garment | nmod:poss |
| 22 | garment | garment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hem | nmod |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 extasy | case |
| 24 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 extasy | det |
| 25 | extasy | extasy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 garment | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 gratitude | case |
| 27 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 extasy | nmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 joy | cc |
| 29 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gratitude | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 went | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 went | cc |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 went | advmod |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 went | nsubj |
| 34 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 kissed | conj |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 house | case |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 house | nmod:poss |
| 37 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 went | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 heart | punct |
| 39 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 heart | nmod:poss |
| 40 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 house | nmod |
| 41 | leaped | leap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 heart | acl |
| 42 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 escaped | mark |
| 43 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 46 escaped | mark |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 escaped | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 escaped | aux |
| 46 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 leaped | advcl |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 den | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 den | det |
| 49 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 escaped | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 lion | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 lion | det |
| 52 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 den | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sprung | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spring | participle | I | the ground | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ground=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | is | past | ground | with the wing; of a eagle | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | kiss | past | I | the hem of eagle's garment in a extasy of gratitude and joy | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hem=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | go | past | I | my house my heart | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | leap | participle | my heart not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | escape | past · perfect · passive | ground | the den of a lion | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location |
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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