The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 50
He pitied her, turned his horse, and said, “Good woman, I will assist you, and convey you where you shall not only have all possible care taken of you, but where you will find a speedy cure.
Who acts: Ahmed, I, you · What happens: pity, turn, say, assist, convey, not have · To what, where: sorceress, horse, Good woman, you, possible care, speedy cure · 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 (Ahmed, I, you), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pitied | nsubj |
| 2 | pitied | pity | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pitied | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 pitied | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 pitied | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 woman | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 woman | punct |
| 13 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 woman | amod |
| 14 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 assist | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 assist | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 assist | aux |
| 18 | assist | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 assist | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 convey | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 convey | cc |
| 22 | convey | convey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 assist | conj |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 convey | obj |
| 24 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 29 have | advmod |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 have | nsubj |
| 26 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 have | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 have | advmod |
| 28 | only | only | ADV | _ | 29 have | advmod |
| 29 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 convey | advcl |
| 30 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 care | det |
| 31 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 care | amod |
| 32 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 have | obj |
| 33 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 care | acl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 you | case |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 taken | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 find | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 find | cc |
| 38 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 41 find | advmod |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 find | nsubj |
| 40 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 find | aux |
| 41 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 pitied | conj |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 cure | det |
| 43 | speedy | speedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 cure | amod |
| 44 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 find | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pitied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pity | past | Ahmed | sorceress | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | Ahmed not said here | Ahmed's horse | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme horse=Result | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Good woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | assist in a quote | future | I | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | convey in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Topic | ||||
| 6 | not have in a quote | shall | you | all possible care | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Patient | ||||
| 7 | take in a quote | participle | all possible care not said here | of you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of you=Initial_Location | ||||
| 8 | find in a quote | future | you | a speedy cure | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cure=Topic |
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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