The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 43
“Sir,” replied the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the mere outside of this apple, it is not very remarkable; but if you consider its properties, you will say it is invaluable, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure.
Who acts: crier, you, apple · What happens: reply, give, look, not be, consider, say · To what, where: Sir, apple, hand, properties, master · 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, you, apple), 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 | _ | 5 replied | punct |
| 2 | Sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 replied | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | 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 | _ | 9 giving | punct |
| 9 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 replied | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 giving | obj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 hand | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hand | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 giving | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 remarkable | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 remarkable | punct |
| 16 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 18 look | mark |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 look | nsubj |
| 18 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 remarkable | advcl |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 mere | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 mere | det |
| 21 | mere | mere | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 look | obl |
| 22 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 25 apple | case |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 apple | case |
| 24 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 apple | det |
| 25 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 look | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 look | punct |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 remarkable | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 remarkable | cop |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 remarkable | advmod |
| 30 | very | very | ADV | _ | 31 remarkable | advmod |
| 31 | remarkable | remarkable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 giving | conj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 say | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 42 say | cc |
| 34 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 36 consider | mark |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 consider | nsubj |
| 36 | consider | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 say | advcl |
| 37 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 properties | nmod:poss |
| 38 | properties | property | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 consider | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 consider | punct |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 say | nsubj |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 say | aux |
| 42 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 replied | conj |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 invaluable | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 invaluable | cop |
| 45 | invaluable | invaluable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 say | ccomp |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 possesses | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 possesses | cc |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 possesses | mark |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 possesses | nsubj |
| 50 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 possesses | nsubj |
| 51 | possesses | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 replied | conj |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 master | nsubj |
| 53 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 master | cop |
| 54 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 possesses | obj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 treasure | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 treasure | det |
| 57 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 treasure | amod |
| 58 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 master | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | the crier | Sir | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund | the crier not said here | apple | crier's hand | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | look a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | outside this apple; at the mere | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at mere=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not is in a quote | present | apple | remarkable property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | consider a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | apple's properties | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent property=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert in a quote | future | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | apple | invaluable property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | possess in a quote | present | crier | who nsubj | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 9 | is a in a quote | present | apple | master | of a great treasure | 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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