The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 1, sentence 148
“My dear little bird,” said the First Lord, “His Most Gracious Highness has sent me to invite you to his palace this evening so that he may listen to your charming song.”
Who acts: dear little bird, Lord, your · What happens: say, send, invite, listen, sing · To what, where: Most Gracious Highness, you · 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 (dear little bird, Lord, your), 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 | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bird | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bird | amod |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bird | amod |
| 5 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bird | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 bird | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Lord | det |
| 10 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 Lord | amod |
| 11 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sent | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 sent | punct |
| 14 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 Highness | nmod:poss |
| 15 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 Highness | amod |
| 16 | Gracious | gracious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Highness | amod |
| 17 | Highness | highness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 sent | aux |
| 19 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 said | conj |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 sent | obj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 invite | mark |
| 22 | invite | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 sent | advcl |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 invite | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 palace | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 palace | nmod:poss |
| 26 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 invite | obl |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 evening | det |
| 28 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 invite | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 33 listen | mark |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 so | fixed |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 listen | nsubj |
| 32 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 listen | aux |
| 33 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 invite | advcl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 song | case |
| 35 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 song | nmod:poss |
| 36 | charming | charming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 song | compound |
| 37 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 listen | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 39 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | My dear little bird | the First Lord nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | send in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Lord's Most Gracious Highness | me obj | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination i=Theme | ||||
| 3 | invite in a quote | to-infinitive | you | evening | to Lord's palace | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 4 | listen in a quote | may | Lord | to your charming song | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to song=Theme | ||||
| 5 | sing in a quote | your | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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: «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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