The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 35
Next, as there was nothing in the world so dear to him, after the sultan, as the Princess Nouronnihar, he wished to see her; and instantly beheld her laughing, and in a gay humor, with her women about her.
Who acts: crier · What happens: be, wish, see, behold, laugh · To what, where: crier, Nouronnihar
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 | Next | next | ADV | _ | 11 dear | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Next | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 was | mark |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 was | expl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 dear | cop |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 was | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nothing | nmod |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 dear | advmod |
| 11 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 dear | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sultan | punct |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 sultan | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sultan | det |
| 17 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dear | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Nouronnihar | punct |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 Nouronnihar | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Nouronnihar | det |
| 21 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Nouronnihar | compound |
| 22 | Nouronnihar | Nouronnihar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 sultan | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 wished | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 wished | nsubj |
| 25 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 dear | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 see | mark |
| 27 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 wished | xcomp |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 see | obj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 beheld | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 beheld | cc |
| 31 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 32 beheld | advmod |
| 32 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 dear | conj |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 beheld | obj |
| 34 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 32 beheld | advcl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 humor | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 humor | cc |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 humor | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 humor | det |
| 39 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 humor | amod |
| 40 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 laughing | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 women | punct |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 women | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 women | nmod:poss |
| 44 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 laughing | obl |
| 45 | about | about | ADP | _ | 46 her | case |
| 46 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 women | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 dear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | crier | the sultan as the Princess Nouronnihar conj; dear, next property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wish | past | crier | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | crier not said here | Nouronnihar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | behold | past | Nouronnihar | instantly property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | laugh | gerund | with Nouronnihar's women about Nouronnihar; in a gay humor | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in humor=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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