The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 29
In short, his grief was so great that he left the court, and renounced all right of succession to the crown, to turn dervish, and put himself under the discipline of a famous holy man, who had gained great reputation for his holy life.
Who acts: grief, Prince, famous holy man · What happens: be, leave, renounce, turn, put, gain · To what, where: court, dervish, Prince, discipline, great reputation, famous holy man
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 (grief, Prince, famous holy man), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 short | case |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 great | punct |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 grief | nmod:poss |
| 5 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 great | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 great | cop |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 great | advmod |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 short | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 great | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 court | det |
| 13 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 left | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 renounced | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 renounced | cc |
| 16 | renounced | renounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 short | parataxis |
| 17 | all | all | ADV | _ | 18 right | advmod |
| 18 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 renounced | xcomp |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 succession | case |
| 20 | succession | succession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 right | obl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 crown | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 crown | det |
| 23 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 succession | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 turn | punct |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 turn | mark |
| 26 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 renounced | conj |
| 27 | dervish | dervish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 turn | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 put | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 put | cc |
| 30 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 turn | conj |
| 31 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 put | obj |
| 32 | under | under | ADP | _ | 34 discipline | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 discipline | det |
| 34 | discipline | discipline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 put | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 man | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 man | det |
| 37 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 man | amod |
| 38 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 man | amod |
| 39 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 discipline | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 gained | punct |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 gained | nsubj |
| 42 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 gained | aux |
| 43 | gained | gain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 man | acl:relcl |
| 44 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 reputation | amod |
| 45 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 gained | obj |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 life | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 life | nmod:poss |
| 48 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 life | amod |
| 49 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 reputation | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 short | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Prince's grief | great property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | Prince | the court | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | ||||
| 3 | renounce | past | right property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | turn | to-infinitive | dervish | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dervish=Theme | |||||
| 5 | put | infinitive | Prince | the discipline of a famous holy man | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme under discipline=Destination | ||||
| 6 | gain | past · perfect | a famous holy man | great reputation | for Prince's holy life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reputation=Theme for life=Source | |||
| 8 | discipline | a famous holy man | nom discipline «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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