The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 34
The crier presented him the tube, and he looked through, wishing at the same time to see the sultan his father, whom he immediately beheld in perfect health, sitting on his throne, in the midst of his council.
Who acts: crier · What happens: present, look through, wish, see, behold, sit · To what, where: person, sultan, father, perfect health, throne
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), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crier | det |
| 2 | crier | crier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 presented | nsubj |
| 3 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 presented | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tube | det |
| 6 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 presented | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 looked | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 looked | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 looked | nsubj |
| 10 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 presented | conj |
| 11 | through | through | ADV | _ | 10 looked | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wishing | punct |
| 13 | wishing | wish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 looked | advcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 time | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 time | det |
| 16 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 time | amod |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wishing | obl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 see | mark |
| 19 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 wishing | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sultan | det |
| 21 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 see | obj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 father | nmod:poss |
| 23 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 see | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 beheld | punct |
| 25 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 beheld | obj |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 beheld | nsubj |
| 27 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 28 beheld | advmod |
| 28 | beheld | behold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 father | acl:relcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 health | case |
| 30 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 health | amod |
| 31 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 beheld | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 sitting | punct |
| 33 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 beheld | advcl |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 throne | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 throne | nmod:poss |
| 36 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 sitting | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 midst | punct |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 midst | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 midst | det |
| 40 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 sitting | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 council | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 council | nmod:poss |
| 43 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 midst | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 presented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present | past | the crier | person | the tube obj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look through | past | crier | through property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | wish | gerund | crier not said here | time | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | crier not said here | the sultan | crier's father obj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | behold | participle | crier | crier's father | perfect health | immediately property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||
| 6 | sit | gerund | crier not said here | crier's throne | in the midst of crier's council | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=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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