The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 3
But as he found them equally obstinate, he sent for them all together, and said, “My sons, since I have not been able to persuade you in this matter, and as I have no wish to use my authority to give the princess your cousin to one in preference of another, I have thought of a plan which will please you all, and preserve harmony among you, if you will but hear me and follow my advice.
Who acts: he, I · What happens: find, send, say, not be, persuade, have · To what, where: claims, sons, you, matter, wish, authority · 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 (he, I), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 sent | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 found | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | advcl |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | obj |
| 6 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 7 obstinate | advmod |
| 7 | obstinate | obstinate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 found | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sent | nsubj |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sent | obl |
| 13 | all | all | ADV | _ | 14 together | advmod |
| 14 | together | together | ADV | _ | 10 sent | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 said | cc |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sons | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 sons | punct |
| 20 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 sons | nmod:poss |
| 21 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 said | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 able | punct |
| 23 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 28 able | mark |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 able | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 able | aux |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 able | advmod |
| 27 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 able | cop |
| 28 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 said | ccomp |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 persuade | mark |
| 30 | persuade | persuade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 able | xcomp |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 persuade | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 matter | case |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 matter | det |
| 34 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 persuade | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 have | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 have | cc |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 have | mark |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 have | nsubj |
| 39 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | conj |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 wish | det |
| 41 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 have | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 use | mark |
| 43 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 wish | acl |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 authority | nmod:poss |
| 45 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 use | obj |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 give | mark |
| 47 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 use | advcl |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 princess | det |
| 49 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 give | obj |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 51 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 princess | nmod |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 one | case |
| 53 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 give | obl |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 preference | case |
| 55 | preference | preference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 one | nmod |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 another | case |
| 57 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 55 preference | nmod |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 thought | punct |
| 59 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 thought | nsubj |
| 60 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 thought | aux |
| 61 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 sent | parataxis |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 plan | case |
| 63 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 plan | det |
| 64 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 thought | obl |
| 65 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 66 will | nsubj |
| 66 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 plan | acl:relcl |
| 67 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 68 you | discourse |
| 68 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 thought | obl |
| 69 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 68 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 preserve | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 preserve | cc |
| 72 | preserve | preserve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 61 thought | parataxis |
| 73 | harmony | harmony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 preserve | obj |
| 74 | among | among | ADP | _ | 75 you | case |
| 75 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 72 preserve | obl |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 hear | punct |
| 77 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 79 will | mark |
| 78 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 79 will | nsubj |
| 79 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 81 hear | aux |
| 80 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 81 hear | cc |
| 81 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 72 preserve | conj |
| 82 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 81 hear | obj |
| 83 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 84 follow | cc |
| 84 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 81 hear | conj |
| 85 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 86 advice | nmod:poss |
| 86 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 follow | obj |
| 87 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | he | claims = claim | obstinate property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | |||
| 2 | send | past | he | for claims = claim; together property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | he not said here | My sons | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not is in a quote | present · perfect | I | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | persuade in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | you | this matter | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | |||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | I | no wish | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | ||||
| 7 | use in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | my authority | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Patient | ||||
| 8 | give in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | the princess your cousin | one in preference of another | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to one=Recipient | |||
| 9 | think speech: other in a quote | present · perfect | I | you | of a plan | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 10 | preserve in a quote | infinitive | harmony | among you | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harmony=Beneficiary | ||||
| 11 | hear in a quote | future | me | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | |||||
| 12 | follow in a quote | infinitive | my advice | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
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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