The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 10, sentence 118

He would strut gravely, and with well-stiffened legs, up and down the room, chattering, and showing how he had vainly bowed to the east and cried “Mu—mu——” The Caliphess and her children were always much entertained by this performance; when the Caliph went on nodding and bowing, and calling “Mu—mu——” too long, the Vizier would threaten laughingly to tell the Caliphess the subject of the discussion carried on one night outside the door of Princess Screech Owl.

Who acts: Caliph, performance, Vizier, Caliphess, subject · What happens: strut, stiffen, chatter, show, bow, cry · To what, where: Caliphess, room, Mu, children, nodding, subject · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Caliph, performance, Vizier, Caliphess), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 strut	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strut	aux
3	strut	strut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	gravely	gravely	ADV	_	3 strut	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 up	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 up	cc
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 legs	case
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 stiffened	advmod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 well	punct
10	stiffened	stiffen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 legs	amod
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 up	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 up	punct
13	up	up	ADP	_	17 room	case
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 down	cc
15	down	down	ADP	_	13 up	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strut	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 chattering	punct
19	chattering	chatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 strut	advcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 showing	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 showing	cc
22	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 chattering	conj
23	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	27 bowed	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 bowed	nsubj
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 bowed	aux
26	vainly	vainly	ADV	_	27 bowed	advmod
27	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 showing	ccomp
28	to	to	ADP	_	30 east	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 east	det
30	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bowed	obl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 cried	cc
32	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 bowed	conj
33	“	"	PUNCT	_	34 Mu	punct
34	Mu	mu	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 cried	obl
35	—	-	PUNCT	_	36 mu	punct
36	mu	mu	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Mu	conj
37	—	-	PUNCT	_	3 strut	punct
38	—	-	PUNCT	_	41 Caliphess	punct
39	”	"	PUNCT	_	38 —	punct
40	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Caliphess	det
41	Caliphess	Caliphess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 strut	obl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 entertained	cc
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 children	nmod:poss
44	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 entertained	nsubj:pass
45	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 entertained	aux:pass
46	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	47 much	advmod
47	much	much	ADV	_	48 entertained	advmod
48	entertained	entertain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 Caliphess	conj
49	by	by	ADP	_	51 performance	case
50	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	51 performance	det
51	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 entertained	obl
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 went	punct
53	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	56 went	advmod
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Caliph	det
55	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 went	nsubj
56	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 threaten	advcl
57	on	on	ADP	_	58 nodding	case
58	nodding	nodding	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 went	obl
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 bowing	cc
60	bowing	bowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 nodding	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 calling	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 calling	cc
63	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 went	advcl
64	“	"	PUNCT	_	65 Mu	punct
65	Mu	mu	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 calling	obj
66	—	-	PUNCT	_	67 mu	punct
67	mu	mu	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 Mu	conj
68	—	-	PUNCT	_	63 calling	punct
69	—	-	PUNCT	_	56 went	punct
70	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 went	punct
71	too	too	ADV	_	72 long	advmod
72	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	77 threaten	advmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 long	punct
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 Vizier	det
75	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 threaten	nsubj
76	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 threaten	aux
77	threaten	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strut	parataxis
78	laughingly	laughingly	ADV	_	77 threaten	advmod
79	to	to	PART	_	80 tell	mark
80	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 threaten	advcl
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 Caliphess	det
82	Caliphess	Caliphess	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 tell	obj
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 subject	det
84	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 tell	obj
85	of	of	ADP	_	87 discussion	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 discussion	det
87	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 carried	obl
88	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 subject	acl:relcl
89	on	on	ADP	_	91 night	case
90	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	91 night	nummod
91	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 carried	obl
92	outside	outside	ADP	_	94 door	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 door	det
94	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 carried	obl
95	of	of	ADP	_	98 Owl	case
96	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	98 Owl	compound
97	Screech	Screech	PROPN	Number=Sing	98 Owl	compound
98	Owl	Owl	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 door	nmod
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 strut	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strut	would	Caliph	the Caliphess	the room		gravely property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up room=Trajectory
2	stiffen	participle					well property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	chatter	gerund	Caliph not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	show	gerund	Caliph not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	bow	past · perfect	Caliph				to the east; vainly property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to east=Theme
6	cry speech: express	past	Caliph not said here	Mu and mu				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	entertain	past · passive	this performance	stork's children		always		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
8	go	past	the Caliph		nodding and bowing			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on nodding=Location
9	call	gerund	the Caliph not said here	Mu and mu				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mu=Recipient
10	threaten	would	the Vizier				laughingly, long property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
11	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	the Caliphess	the subject				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
12	carry	past	the subject not said here			night	of the discussion; outside the door of Princess Screech Owl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of discussion=Initial_Location

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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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 10, sentence 118