The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 46
As the fairy Perie Banou pronounced the last words with a different tone, and after looking tenderly at the prince, sat with downcast eyes and a modest blush on her cheeks, it was not difficult for him to comprehend what happiness she meant; and he replied, “Could I have the pleasure of making you the partner of my life, I should think myself the happiest of men.”
Who acts: fairy, Prince, happiness, pleasure · What happens: pronounce, look, sit, not be, comprehend, mean · To what, where: last words, cheeks, happiness, pleasure, partner, you · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (fairy, Prince, happiness, pleasure), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 pronounced | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fairy | det |
| 3 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pronounced | nsubj |
| 4 | Perie | Perie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fairy | appos |
| 5 | Banou | Banou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Perie | flat |
| 6 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 words | det |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 words | amod |
| 9 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pronounced | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 tone | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 tone | det |
| 12 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tone | amod |
| 13 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 words | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 sat | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 sat | cc |
| 16 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 17 looking | mark |
| 17 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 sat | advcl |
| 18 | tenderly | tenderly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 looking | xcomp |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 prince | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 prince | det |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 looking | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 looking | punct |
| 23 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pronounced | parataxis |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 eyes | case |
| 25 | downcast | downcast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 eyes | amod |
| 26 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 sat | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 blush | cc |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 blush | det |
| 29 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 blush | amod |
| 30 | blush | blush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 eyes | conj |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 cheeks | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 33 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 sat | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 difficult | punct |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 difficult | expl |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 difficult | cop |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 difficult | advmod |
| 38 | difficult | difficult | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 sat | conj |
| 39 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 42 comprehend | mark |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 comprehend | nsubj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 comprehend | mark |
| 42 | comprehend | comprehend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 difficult | csubj |
| 43 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 42 comprehend | ccomp |
| 44 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 what | nsubj |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 meant | nsubj |
| 46 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 happiness | acl:relcl |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 replied | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 replied | cc |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 replied | nsubj |
| 50 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pronounced | parataxis |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 have | punct |
| 52 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 have | punct |
| 53 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 have | aux |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 have | nsubj |
| 55 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 replied | ccomp |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 pleasure | det |
| 57 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 have | obj |
| 58 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 59 making | mark |
| 59 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 57 pleasure | acl |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 59 making | obj |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 partner | det |
| 62 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 making | obj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 life | case |
| 64 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 life | nmod:poss |
| 65 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 partner | nmod |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 think | punct |
| 67 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 69 think | nsubj |
| 68 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 69 think | aux |
| 69 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 have | parataxis |
| 70 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 69 think | obj |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 happiest | det |
| 72 | happiest | happy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 69 think | ccomp |
| 73 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 men | case |
| 74 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 happiest | nmod |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 55 have | punct |
| 76 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronounce | past | the fairy | the last words | with a different tone | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme with tone=Manner | |||
| 2 | look | gerund | at the prince; tenderly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at prince=Theme | |||||
| 3 | sit | past | fairy's cheeks | with downcast eyes and a modest blush | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cheek=Location | ||||
| 4 | not is | past | difficult property | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | comprehend | to-infinitive | Prince | what happiness ccomp | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | mean | past | happiness | happiness not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic | ||||
| 7 | reply speech: assert | past | Prince | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | have in a quote | could | Prince | the pleasure | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | ||||
| 9 | make in a quote | gerund | the pleasure not said here | the partner of my life | you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary partner=Product | |||
| 10 | think speech: other in a quote | should | Prince | Prince | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot myself=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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