Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of a Dervise., sentence 2
Having looked about him for some time, he entered into a long gallery, where he laid down his wallet, and spread his carpet, in order to repose himself upon it, after the manner of the eastern nations.
Who acts: king · What happens: have, look, enter, lay down, spread, repose · To what, where: long gallery, wallet, carpet, king
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Story of a Dervise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), 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 | Having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 entered | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 entered | nsubj |
| 10 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | conj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 gallery | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gallery | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 gallery | amod |
| 14 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 entered | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 laid | punct |
| 16 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 18 laid | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 laid | nsubj |
| 18 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 entered | conj |
| 19 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 laid | compound:prt |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 wallet | nmod:poss |
| 21 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 laid | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 spread | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 spread | cc |
| 24 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | parataxis |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 carpet | nmod:poss |
| 26 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 spread | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 repose | punct |
| 28 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 31 repose | mark |
| 29 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 in | fixed |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 repose | mark |
| 31 | repose | repose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 spread | conj |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 31 repose | obj |
| 33 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 34 it | case |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 repose | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 manner | punct |
| 36 | after | after | ADP | _ | 38 manner | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 manner | det |
| 38 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 repose | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 nations | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 nations | det |
| 41 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 nations | amod |
| 42 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 manner | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | look | past | time | about king | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | enter | past | king | a long gallery | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into gallery=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | lay down | past | king | king's wallet | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Result | ||||
| 5 | spread | past | king's carpet | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carpet=Theme | |||||
| 6 | repose | to-infinitive | king | after the manner of the eastern nations | upon order | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=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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