The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 18
Therefore, as the carpet, the ivory tube, and the artificial apple have no preference over each other, but on the contrary as each had an equal share in her cure, I cannot grant the princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the happiness of having equally contributed to restore her to health.
Who acts: I, you, only fruit, happiness · What happens: have, not grant, reap, travel, be, contribute · To what, where: preference, each, equal share, cure, princess, one
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, only fruit, happiness), 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 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 15 have | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Therefore | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 carpet | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 carpet | det |
| 5 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 have | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tube | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tube | det |
| 8 | ivory | ivory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tube | amod |
| 9 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carpet | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 apple | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 apple | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 apple | det |
| 13 | artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 apple | amod |
| 14 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carpet | conj |
| 15 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 preference | det |
| 17 | preference | preference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 have | obj |
| 18 | over | over | ADP | _ | 19 each | case |
| 19 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 15 have | obl |
| 20 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 each | fixed |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 contrary | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 contrary | cc |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 contrary | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 contrary | det |
| 25 | contrary | contrary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 have | conj |
| 26 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 had | mark |
| 27 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 had | advmod |
| 28 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 contrary | advcl |
| 29 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 share | det |
| 30 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 share | amod |
| 31 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 had | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 cure | case |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 cure | nmod:poss |
| 34 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 share | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 grant | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 grant | nsubj |
| 37 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 grant | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 grant | advmod |
| 39 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 contrary | parataxis |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 princess | det |
| 41 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 grant | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 one | case |
| 43 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 one | det |
| 44 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 grant | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 you | case |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 one | nmod |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 happiness | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 happiness | cc |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 fruit | det |
| 50 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 fruit | amod |
| 51 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 happiness | nsubj |
| 52 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 reaped | nsubj |
| 53 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 reaped | aux |
| 54 | reaped | reap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 51 fruit | acl:relcl |
| 55 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 57 travels | mark |
| 56 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 travels | nmod:poss |
| 57 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 reaped | advcl |
| 58 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 happiness | cop |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 happiness | det |
| 60 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 have | parataxis |
| 61 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 62 having | mark |
| 62 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 60 happiness | acl |
| 63 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 64 contributed | advmod |
| 64 | contributed | contribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 having | xcomp |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 66 restore | mark |
| 66 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 contributed | xcomp |
| 67 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 restore | obj |
| 68 | to | to | ADP | _ | 69 health | case |
| 69 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 restore | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | no preference | each | as the carpet and the artificial apple; therefore property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Patient | |||
| 2 | have | past | a equal share | carpet's cure | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not grant | can | I | the princess | any one of you | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to one=Goal | |||
| 4 | reap | present · perfect | you | the only fruit not said here | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | ||||
| 5 | travel | present | you not said here | your nmod:poss | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | the only fruit | the happiness | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | have | gerund | the happiness not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | contribute | participle | the happiness not said here | equally property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | restore | to-infinitive | the happiness not said here | carpet | health | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to health=Recipient |
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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