The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 64
Meanwhile the Sultan of the Indies, in the midst of the rejoicings on account of the nuptials of Prince Ali and the Princess Nouronnihar, was deeply afflicted at the absence of the other two princes his sons.
What happens: afflict, account, absent · To what, where: absence, nuptials, other two princes
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: 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 | Meanwhile | meanwhile | ADV | _ | 29 afflicted | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Sultan | det |
| 3 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Meanwhile | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Indies | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Indies | det |
| 6 | Indies | Indy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Sultan | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 midst | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 midst | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 midst | det |
| 10 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Sultan | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 rejoicings | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 rejoicings | det |
| 13 | rejoicings | rejoicing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 midst | nmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 account | case |
| 15 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rejoicings | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 nuptials | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 nuptials | det |
| 18 | nuptials | nuptial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 account | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Ali | case |
| 20 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Ali | nmod:desc |
| 21 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 nuptials | nmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 Nouronnihar | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Nouronnihar | det |
| 24 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Nouronnihar | compound |
| 25 | Nouronnihar | Nouronnihar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Ali | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Meanwhile | punct |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 afflicted | aux:pass |
| 28 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 29 afflicted | advmod |
| 29 | afflicted | afflict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 absence | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 absence | det |
| 32 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 afflicted | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 princes | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 princes | det |
| 35 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 princes | amod |
| 36 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 princes | nummod |
| 37 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 absence | nmod |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 sons | nmod:poss |
| 39 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 princes | appos |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 afflicted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afflict | past · passive | the absence of the other two princes | deeply, meanwhile property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||
| 2 | account | the nuptials of Ali Prince and the Princess Nouronnihar | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | absent | the other two princes | nom absence «state 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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