The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 29
They represented that it was but common prudence to discover where the prince had retired, and how he could afford to live so magnificently, since he had no revenue assigned for his expenses; that he seemed to come to court only to insult him, by affecting a more splendid display than himself; and that it was to be feared he might court the people’s favor and dethrone him.
Who acts: counsellors, splendor, Prince, people · What happens: represent, be, discover, retire, afford, live · To what, where: common prudence, prince, revenue, court, splendid display, splendor
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsellors, splendor, Prince, people), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 represented | nsubj |
| 2 | represented | represent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 prudence | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 prudence | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 prudence | cop |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 prudence | cc |
| 7 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 prudence | amod |
| 8 | prudence | prudence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 represented | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 discover | mark |
| 10 | discover | discover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 represented | advcl |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 retired | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 retired | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 retired | aux |
| 15 | retired | retire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 discover | advcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 afford | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 afford | cc |
| 18 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 afford | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 afford | nsubj |
| 20 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 afford | aux |
| 21 | afford | afford | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 represented | advcl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 live | mark |
| 23 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 afford | xcomp |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 magnificently | advmod |
| 25 | magnificently | magnificently | ADV | _ | 23 live | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 had | punct |
| 27 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 29 had | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 had | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 live | conj |
| 30 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 31 revenue | det |
| 31 | revenue | revenue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 had | obj |
| 32 | assigned | assign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 revenue | acl |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 expenses | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 expenses | nmod:poss |
| 35 | expenses | expense | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 assigned | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 seemed | punct |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 seemed | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 seemed | nsubj |
| 39 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 represented | parataxis |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 come | mark |
| 41 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 seemed | xcomp |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 court | case |
| 43 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 come | obl |
| 44 | only | only | ADV | _ | 46 insult | advmod |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 insult | mark |
| 46 | insult | insult | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 come | conj |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 insult | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 affecting | punct |
| 49 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 50 affecting | mark |
| 50 | affecting | affect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 insult | advcl |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 display | det |
| 52 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 53 splendid | advmod |
| 53 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 display | amod |
| 54 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 affecting | obj |
| 55 | than | than | ADP | _ | 56 himself | case |
| 56 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 54 display | nmod |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 feared | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 feared | cc |
| 59 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 64 feared | mark |
| 60 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 feared | nsubj:pass |
| 61 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 feared | aux:pass |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 feared | mark |
| 63 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 64 feared | aux:pass |
| 64 | feared | fear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 represented | conj |
| 65 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 court | nsubj |
| 66 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 court | aux |
| 67 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 feared | obl |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 people | det |
| 69 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 favor | nmod:poss |
| 70 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 69 people | case |
| 71 | favor | favor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 feared | obj |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 dethrone | cc |
| 73 | dethrone | dethrone | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 feared | conj |
| 74 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 dethrone | obj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 represented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | past | counsellors = counsellor | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | splendor | common prudence | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | discover | to-infinitive | counsellors = counsellor not said here | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | retire | past · perfect · passive | the prince | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | |||||
| 5 | afford | could | Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | live | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | magnificently property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | have | past | Prince | no revenue | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenue=Patient | ||||
| 8 | assign | participle | no revenue not said here | for Prince's expenses goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for expense=Goal | ||||
| 9 | seem | past | Prince | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 10 | come | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | court | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial_Location | ||||
| 11 | insult | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | Prince | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 12 | affect | gerund | Prince not said here | a splendid display | than Prince | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus display=Experiencer | |||
| 13 | fear | past · passive | splendor | the people's favor obj | tree rules | ||||
| 14 | court | might | Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 15 | dethrone | infinitive | Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 16 | favor | the people | nom favor «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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