The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 25
In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the carpet, and was overjoyed that at his arrival at Bisnagar he had found so rare a curiosity, which he never doubted must of course gain him the possession of Nouronnihar, as his younger brothers could not meet with anything to be compared with it.
Who acts: Prince, crier, younger brothers · What happens: become, overjoy, find, not doubt, gain, not meet · To what, where: possessor, manner, curiosity, arrival, possession, crier
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 (Prince, crier, younger brothers), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 became | obl |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 became | nsubj |
| 5 | Houssain | Houssain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Prince | flat |
| 6 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 possessor | det |
| 8 | possessor | possessor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 became | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 carpet | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 carpet | det |
| 11 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 possessor | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 overjoyed | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 overjoyed | cc |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 overjoyed | aux:pass |
| 15 | overjoyed | overjoy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 became | conj |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 found | mark |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 arrival | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 19 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 found | obl |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 Bisnagar | case |
| 21 | Bisnagar | Bisnagar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 arrival | nmod |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 found | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 found | aux |
| 24 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 overjoyed | advcl |
| 25 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 rare | advmod |
| 26 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 found | xcomp |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 curiosity | det |
| 28 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 found | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 doubted | punct |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 doubted | obj |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 doubted | nsubj |
| 32 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 33 doubted | advmod |
| 33 | doubted | doubt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 curiosity | parataxis |
| 34 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 gain | aux |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | ExtPos=ADV | 37 gain | advmod |
| 36 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 of | fixed |
| 37 | gain | gain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 doubted | ccomp |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 gain | obj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 possession | det |
| 40 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gain | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Nouronnihar | case |
| 42 | Nouronnihar | Nouronnihar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 possession | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 meet | punct |
| 44 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 50 meet | mark |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 46 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 brothers | amod |
| 47 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 meet | nsubj |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 meet | aux |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 meet | advmod |
| 50 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 gain | conj |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 anything | case |
| 52 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 50 meet | obl |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 compared | mark |
| 54 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 55 compared | aux:pass |
| 55 | compared | compare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 anything | acl |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 57 it | case |
| 57 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 compared | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | Prince | the possessor of the carpet | in this manner result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in manner=Result | |||
| 2 | overjoy | past · passive | Prince not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | find | past · perfect | crier | a curiosity | crier's arrival at Bisnagar | rare property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent curiosity=Theme at arrival=Asset | ||
| 4 | not doubt | past | crier | a curiosity | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | gain | must | crier not said here | the possession of Nouronnihar | crier | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary possession=Theme | |||
| 6 | not meet | could | crier's younger brothers | with anything | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with anything=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | compare | to-infinitive · passive | crier's younger brothers not said here | with carpet | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: with it=Co-Patient | ||||
| 8 | arrive | crier | Bisnagar | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place | |||||
| 9 | possess | Nouronnihar | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/25/