The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 11
Prince Houssain, the eldest brother, who had heard of the extent, power, riches, and splendor of the kingdom of Bisnagar, bent his course towards the Indian coast; and after three months’ travelling with different caravans, sometimes over deserts and barren mountains, and sometimes through populous and fertile countries, arrived at Bisnagar, the capital of the kingdom of that name, and the residence of its king.
Who acts: eldest brother, Houssain · What happens: hear, bend, travel, arrive · To what, where: course, residence, populous
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest brother, Houssain), 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 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Houssain | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Houssain | Houssain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 bent | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 brother | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 brother | det |
| 5 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 brother | amod |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Houssain | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 heard | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 heard | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 heard | aux |
| 10 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 brother | acl:relcl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 extent | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 extent | det |
| 13 | extent | extent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 heard | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 power | punct |
| 15 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 extent | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 riches | punct |
| 17 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 extent | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 splendor | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 splendor | cc |
| 20 | splendor | splendor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 extent | conj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 kingdom | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 kingdom | det |
| 23 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 splendor | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Bisnagar | case |
| 25 | Bisnagar | Bisnagar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 kingdom | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Houssain | punct |
| 27 | bent | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 course | nmod:poss |
| 29 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 bent | obj |
| 30 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 33 coast | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 coast | det |
| 32 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 coast | amod |
| 33 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 bent | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 travelling | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 travelling | cc |
| 36 | after | after | ADP | _ | 38 months | case |
| 37 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 months | nummod |
| 38 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 travelling | obl |
| 39 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 38 months | punct |
| 40 | travelling | travel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 bent | advcl |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 caravans | case |
| 42 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 caravans | amod |
| 43 | caravans | caravan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 travelling | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 deserts | punct |
| 45 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 47 deserts | advmod |
| 46 | over | over | ADP | _ | 47 deserts | case |
| 47 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 caravans | conj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 mountains | cc |
| 49 | barren | barren | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 mountains | amod |
| 50 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 caravans | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 arrived | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 arrived | cc |
| 53 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 60 arrived | advmod |
| 54 | through | through | ADP | _ | 55 populous | case |
| 55 | populous | populace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 arrived | obl |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 countries | cc |
| 57 | fertile | fertile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 countries | amod |
| 58 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 populous | conj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 populous | punct |
| 60 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 bent | conj |
| 61 | at | at | ADP | _ | 62 Bisnagar | case |
| 62 | Bisnagar | Bisnagar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 arrived | obl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 capital | punct |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 capital | det |
| 65 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 Bisnagar | appos |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 kingdom | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 kingdom | det |
| 68 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 capital | nmod |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 name | case |
| 70 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 71 name | det |
| 71 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 kingdom | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 residence | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 residence | cc |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 residence | det |
| 75 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 arrived | obl |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 king | case |
| 77 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 78 king | nmod:poss |
| 78 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 residence | nmod |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 bent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · perfect | the eldest brother | of the extent and power and riches and splendor of the kingdom of Bisnagar | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of extent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | bend | past | Houssain Prince | Houssain's course | towards the Indian coast | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent course=Material | |||
| 3 | travel | gerund | Houssain Prince not said here | month | with different caravans and deserts and barren mountains | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | arrive | past | Houssain Prince not said here | the residence of residence's king | populous and fertile countries | at Bisnagar; sometimes property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through populace=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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