The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 1, sentence 159
The Emperor was so delighted that he said she should wear the golden necklace around her neck, but the Nightingale said that she had already received a sufficient reward, for she had brought tears to the eyes of the Emperor.
Who acts: Emperor, heart, Nightingale · What happens: be, say, wear, receive, bring · To what, where: golden necklace, neck, sufficient reward, tears, eyes · 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 (Emperor, heart, Nightingale), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 delighted | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 delighted | advmod |
| 5 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 said | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | advcl |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wear | nsubj |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 wear | aux |
| 11 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 necklace | det |
| 13 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 necklace | amod |
| 14 | necklace | necklace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wear | obj |
| 15 | around | around | ADP | _ | 17 neck | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 neck | nmod:poss |
| 17 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 necklace | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Nightingale | det |
| 21 | Nightingale | Nightingale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 said | nsubj |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | conj |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 received | mark |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 received | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 received | aux |
| 26 | already | already | ADV | _ | 27 received | advmod |
| 27 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 said | ccomp |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 reward | det |
| 29 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 reward | amod |
| 30 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 received | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 brought | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 35 brought | mark |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 brought | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 brought | aux |
| 35 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 received | conj |
| 36 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 brought | obj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 eyes | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 eyes | det |
| 39 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 brought | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Emperor | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Emperor | det |
| 42 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 eyes | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 delighted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Emperor | delighted property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | EMPEROR | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | wear | should | heart | the golden necklace | heart's neck | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent necklace=Theme | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the Nightingale | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | receive | past · perfect | heart | a sufficient reward | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bring | past · perfect | heart | tears | the eyes of the Emperor | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tear=Theme to eye=Destination |
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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