The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 22
“Sir,” replied the crier, “I have told you the truth, and with the leave of the master of this shop we will go into the back warehouse, where I will spread the carpet, and when we have both sat down, and you have formed the wish to be transported into your apartment at the khan, if we are not conveyed thither, it shall be no bargain.”
Who acts: crier, we, you, carpet · What happens: reply, tell, go, spread, sit down, form · To what, where: truth, you, back warehouse, carpet, wish, apartment · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (crier, we, you, carpet), 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 | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 2 | Sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 replied | ccomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 5 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 crier | det |
| 7 | crier | crier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 replied | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 told | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 told | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 told | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 told | aux |
| 12 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 replied | advcl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 told | iobj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 truth | det |
| 15 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 told | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 go | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 go | cc |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 leave | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 leave | det |
| 20 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 go | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 master | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 master | det |
| 23 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 leave | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 shop | case |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 shop | det |
| 26 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 master | nmod |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 go | nsubj |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 go | aux |
| 29 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 replied | parataxis |
| 30 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 warehouse | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 warehouse | det |
| 32 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 warehouse | compound |
| 33 | warehouse | warehouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 go | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 spread | punct |
| 35 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 spread | advmod |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 spread | nsubj |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 spread | aux |
| 38 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 go | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 carpet | det |
| 40 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 spread | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 sat | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 sat | cc |
| 43 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 47 sat | advmod |
| 44 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 sat | nsubj |
| 45 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 sat | aux |
| 46 | both | both | ADV | _ | 47 sat | advmod |
| 47 | sat | sit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 replied | conj |
| 48 | down | down | ADP | _ | 47 sat | compound:prt |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 formed | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 formed | cc |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 53 formed | nsubj |
| 52 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 formed | aux |
| 53 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 replied | parataxis |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 wish | det |
| 55 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 formed | obj |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 transported | mark |
| 57 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 58 transported | aux:pass |
| 58 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 wish | acl |
| 59 | into | into | ADP | _ | 61 apartment | case |
| 60 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 apartment | nmod:poss |
| 61 | apartment | apartment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 transported | obl |
| 62 | at | at | ADP | _ | 64 khan | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 khan | det |
| 64 | khan | khan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 apartment | nmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 conveyed | punct |
| 66 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 70 conveyed | mark |
| 67 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 conveyed | nsubj:pass |
| 68 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 conveyed | aux:pass |
| 69 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 70 conveyed | advmod |
| 70 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 formed | conj |
| 71 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 70 conveyed | advmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 bargain | punct |
| 73 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 77 bargain | nsubj |
| 74 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 77 bargain | aux |
| 75 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 77 bargain | cop |
| 76 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 77 bargain | det |
| 77 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 conveyed | parataxis |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 77 bargain | punct |
| 79 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 77 bargain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | the crier | Sir ccomp | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present · perfect | the crier = crier | the truth | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient truth=Topic | |||
| 3 | go in a quote | future | we | the back warehouse | with the leave of the master of this shop | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into warehouse=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | spread in a quote | future | the crier = crier | the carpet | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carpet=Theme | ||||
| 5 | sit down in a quote | present · perfect | we | both property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | form in a quote | present · perfect | you | the wish | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wish=Theme | ||||
| 7 | transport in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | you not said here | the wish not said here | your apartment at the khan | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | |||
| 8 | not convey a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · passive | we | thither property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 9 | is a in a quote | shall | carpet | no bargain | tree rules |
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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