The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 45
When she thought the prince and his attendants must have advanced far into whatever concealment they inhabited, she came out of the place where she had hidden herself, and explored the spot where she had lost sight of them, but could perceive nothing.
Who acts: sorceress, attendants · What happens: think, advance, inhabit, come out, hide, explore · To what, where: prince, attendants, concealment, place, sorceress, spot
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 (sorceress, attendants), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 thought | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 came | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 advanced | cc |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 attendants | nmod:poss |
| 8 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 advanced | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 advanced | aux |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 advanced | aux |
| 11 | advanced | advance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 thought | conj |
| 12 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 advanced | advmod |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 concealment | case |
| 14 | whatever | whatever | DET | PronType=Int | 15 concealment | det |
| 15 | concealment | concealment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 advanced | obl |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 inhabited | nsubj |
| 17 | inhabited | inhabit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 concealment | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 came | nsubj |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 24 place | case |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 place | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 place | det |
| 24 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | obl |
| 25 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 28 hidden | advmod |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 hidden | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 hidden | aux |
| 28 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 place | acl:relcl |
| 29 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 28 hidden | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 explored | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 explored | cc |
| 32 | explored | explore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 came | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 spot | det |
| 34 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 explored | obj |
| 35 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 lost | advmod |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 lost | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 lost | aux |
| 38 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 spot | acl:relcl |
| 39 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 lost | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 them | case |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 sight | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 perceive | punct |
| 43 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 perceive | cc |
| 44 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 perceive | aux |
| 45 | perceive | perceive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 explored | conj |
| 46 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 45 perceive | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | sorceress | the prince | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | ||||
| 2 | advance | must · perfect · passive | Prince's attendants | whatever concealment | far property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||
| 3 | inhabit | past | attendants = attendant | whatever concealment not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | come out | past | sorceress | the place | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient place=Result | ||||
| 5 | hide | past · perfect | sorceress | sorceress | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | ||||
| 6 | explore | past | the spot | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent spot=Location | |||||
| 7 | lose | past · perfect | sorceress | sight of attendants | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | perceive | could | nothing | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | sight | attendants = attendant | nom sight «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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