The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 1, sentence 128
“Then,” said the First Lord, “little kitchen maid, if you can lead us to this Nightingale you shall have leave to see the Emperor at dinner this evening, for she is invited by His Majesty to come and sing to him.”
Who acts: First Lord, you, Majesty · What happens: say, lead, have, see, invite, come · To what, where: us, leave, Emperor, dinner, maid, Nightingale · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (First Lord, you, Majesty), 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 | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Then | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Lord | det |
| 7 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 Lord | amod |
| 8 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 maid | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 maid | punct |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 maid | amod |
| 12 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 maid | compound |
| 13 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Lord | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 lead | punct |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 18 lead | mark |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 lead | nsubj |
| 17 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 lead | aux |
| 18 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 19 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 lead | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Nightingale | case |
| 21 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 Nightingale | det |
| 22 | Nightingale | Nightingale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obl |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 have | nsubj |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 have | aux |
| 25 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 lead | parataxis |
| 26 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 see | mark |
| 28 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 leave | acl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Emperor | det |
| 30 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 see | obj |
| 31 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 dinner | case |
| 32 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 see | obl |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 evening | det |
| 34 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 dinner | appos |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 invited | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 39 invited | mark |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 invited | aux:pass |
| 39 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 have | conj |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 Majesty | case |
| 41 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 42 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 invited | obl |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 come | mark |
| 44 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 invited | advcl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 sing | cc |
| 46 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 come | conj |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 him | case |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 sing | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 50 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the First Lord | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lead a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | can | you | us | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | shall | you | leave | to this Nightingale | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Patient | |||
| 4 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | the Emperor | dinner | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | invite in a quote | present · passive | Nightingale's Majesty | maid | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | come in a quote | to-infinitive | Nightingale's Majesty not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | sing speech: express in a quote | infinitive | Nightingale's Majesty not said here | Nightingale | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
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: «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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