The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 32
When the courtiers had concluded these insinuations, the sultan said, “I do not believe my son Ahmed would act as you would persuade me; however, I am obliged to you for your advice, and do not doubt that it proceeds from your loyalty to my person.”
Who acts: sultan, son, you, majesty · What happens: conclude, say, not believe, act, persuade, oblige · To what, where: courtiers, sultan, you, loyalty · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (sultan, son, you, majesty), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 concluded | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 courtiers | det |
| 3 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 concluded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 concluded | aux |
| 5 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | advcl |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 insinuations | det |
| 7 | insinuations | insinuation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 concluded | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 concluded | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sultan | det |
| 10 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 believe | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 believe | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 believe | nsubj |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 believe | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 believe | advmod |
| 17 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 son | nmod:poss |
| 19 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 act | nsubj |
| 20 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 son | appos |
| 21 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 act | aux |
| 22 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 believe | ccomp |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 persuade | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 persuade | nsubj |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 persuade | aux |
| 26 | persuade | persuade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 act | advcl |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 persuade | obj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 obliged | punct |
| 29 | however | however | ADV | _ | 33 obliged | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 however | punct |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 obliged | nsubj |
| 32 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 obliged | aux:pass |
| 33 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 believe | parataxis |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 you | case |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 obliged | obl |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 advice | case |
| 37 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 advice | nmod:poss |
| 38 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 obliged | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 doubt | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 doubt | cc |
| 41 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 43 doubt | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 doubt | advmod |
| 43 | doubt | doubt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 17 believe | parataxis |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 proceeds | mark |
| 45 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 proceeds | nsubj |
| 46 | proceeds | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 doubt | advcl |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 loyalty | case |
| 48 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 loyalty | nmod:poss |
| 49 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 proceeds | obl |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 person | case |
| 51 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 person | nmod:poss |
| 52 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 proceeds | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 believe | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past · perfect · passive | the courtiers | this insinuations obj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the sultan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not believe in a quote | present · do-support | the sultan = sultan | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | act in a quote | would | my son | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | persuade in a quote | would | you | the sultan = sultan | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 6 | oblige in a quote | present · passive | the sultan = sultan | you | for your advice; however property | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 7 | not doubt in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | proceed in a quote | present | majesty | your loyalty | to my person | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=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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