Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 19
But I soon discovered, that no dainty was so tasteful, as the food to which labour procured an appetite; no slumbers so sweet as those which weariness invited; and no time so well enjoyed, as that in which diligence is expecting its reward.
Who acts: I, dainty, labour, that · What happens: discover, be, procure, invite, enjoy, expect · To what, where: appetite, weariness, time, reward
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, dainty, labour, that), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 discovered | cc |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 discovered | nsubj |
| 3 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 discovered | advmod |
| 4 | discovered | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tasteful | punct |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 tasteful | mark |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 dainty | det |
| 8 | dainty | dainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tasteful | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 tasteful | cop |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 tasteful | advmod |
| 11 | tasteful | tasteful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 discovered | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 food | punct |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 food | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 food | det |
| 15 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tasteful | appos |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 which | case |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 procured | obl |
| 18 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 procured | nsubj |
| 19 | procured | procure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 food | acl:relcl |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 appetite | det |
| 21 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 procured | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 sweet | punct |
| 23 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 24 slumbers | det |
| 24 | slumbers | slumber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 sweet | nsubj |
| 25 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 sweet | advmod |
| 26 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 discovered | parataxis |
| 27 | as | as | ADP | _ | 28 those | case |
| 28 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 26 sweet | obl |
| 29 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 30 weariness | det |
| 30 | weariness | weariness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 those | appos |
| 31 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 weariness | acl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 enjoyed | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 enjoyed | cc |
| 34 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 35 time | det |
| 35 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 enjoyed | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 enjoyed | advmod |
| 37 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 enjoyed | advmod |
| 38 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 discovered | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 expecting | punct |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 that | case |
| 41 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 expecting | nsubj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 diligence | case |
| 43 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 44 diligence | det |
| 44 | diligence | diligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 that | nmod |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 expecting | aux |
| 46 | expecting | expect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 enjoyed | advcl |
| 47 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 reward | nmod:poss |
| 48 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 expecting | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 discovered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | past | I | soon property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | no dainty | the food appos; tasteful property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | procure | past | labour | a appetite | to the food | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appetite=Theme | |||
| 4 | invite | participle | which weariness not said here | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | enjoy | participle · passive | no time | well property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | expect | present · progressive | that in which diligence | labour's reward | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | ||||
| 7 | reward | labour | nom reward «event 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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