The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 10, sentence 57

Sad and lonely do I live like any hermit within these walls, avoided by the world and a terror even to animals; the beauties of nature are hidden from me, for I am blind by day, and it is only when the moon sheds her pale light on this spot that the veil falls from my eyes and I can see.”

Who acts: I, nature, veil, animal · What happens: live, avoid, hide, be, fall, see · To what, where: walls, beauties, spot, eyes

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 (I, nature, veil, animal), 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	Sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 live	advcl
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 lonely	cc
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sad	conj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 live	aux
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 hermit	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 hermit	det
9	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 walls	case
11	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	12 walls	det
12	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 avoided	punct
14	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 walls	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 world	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 world	det
17	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoided	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 terror	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 terror	det
20	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 world	conj
21	even	even	ADV	_	23 animals	advmod
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 animals	case
23	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 avoided	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 hidden	punct
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 beauties	det
26	beauties	beauty	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 hidden	nsubj:pass
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 nature	case
28	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 beauties	nmod
29	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 hidden	aux:pass
30	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 live	parataxis
31	from	from	ADP	_	32 me	case
32	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 hidden	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 blind	punct
34	for	for	ADP	_	37 blind	case
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 blind	nsubj
36	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 blind	cop
37	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 hidden	conj
38	by	by	ADP	_	39 day	case
39	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 blind	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 sheds	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 sheds	cc
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 sheds	nsubj
43	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 sheds	cop
44	only	only	ADV	_	48 sheds	advmod
45	when	when	SCONJ	_	48 sheds	mark
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 moon	det
47	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sheds	nsubj
48	sheds	shed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 live	advcl
49	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 light	nmod:poss
50	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 light	amod
51	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sheds	obj
52	on	on	ADP	_	54 spot	case
53	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	54 spot	det
54	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sheds	obl
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 falls	mark
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 veil	det
57	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 falls	nsubj
58	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 spot	acl:relcl
59	from	from	ADP	_	61 eyes	case
60	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 eyes	nmod:poss
61	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 falls	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 see	cc
63	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 see	nsubj
64	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 see	aux
65	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 falls	conj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 live	punct
67	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 live	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present · do-support	I				like any hermit; within this walls	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	avoid	participle		this walls not said here			by the world and a terror; to animals	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	hide	present · passive		the beauties of nature			from me	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from i=Beneficiary
4	is	present	I			day	blind property	tree rules
5	is	present	nature		this spot		the moon nsubj; animal's pale light obj; shed property	tree rules
6	fall	present	the veil	this spot not said here	my eyes			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient spot=Extent from eye=Initial_State
7	see	can	I					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	light		animal					nom light «phenomenon transitive»: 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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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 10, sentence 57