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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 59

Whilst the two women were executing the fairy’s commands, she went up to Prince Ahmed, and whispering to him said, “Prince, I commend your compassion, which is worthy of you and your birth; but believe me, this woman is not so sick as she pretends to be.

Who acts: two women, woman, whispering, compassion, fairy · What happens: execute, go up, whisper, say, commend, be · To what, where: commands, Prince Ahmed, fairy, compassion, whispering · 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 (two women, woman, whispering, compassion), 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

markdetnummodnsubjauxadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctnsubjcompound:prtcasecompoundoblpunctcccsubjcaseoblparataxispunctpunctccomppunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjpunctnsubjcopacl:relclcaseoblccnmod:possconjpunctccparataxisobjpunctdetnsubjcopadvmodadvmodparataxismarknsubjadvclmarkxcomppunctrootWhilstSCONJtheDETtwoNUMwomenNOUNwereAUXexecutingVERBtheDETfairyNOUN’sPARTcommandsNOUN,PUNCTshePRONwentVERBupADPtoADPPrincePROPNAhmedPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJwhisperingVERBtoADPhimPRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTPrincePROPN,PUNCTIPRONcommendVERByourPRONcompassionNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONisAUXworthyADJofADPyouPRONandCCONJyourPRONbirthNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJbelieveVERBmePRON,PUNCTthisDETwomanNOUNisAUXnotPARTsoADVsickADJasSCONJshePRONpretendsVERBtoPARTbeVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhilstwhilstSCONJ_6 executingmark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 womendet
3twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 womennummod
4womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur6 executingnsubj
5werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 executingaux
6executingexecuteVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 wentadvcl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 fairydet
8fairyfairyNOUNNumber=Sing10 commandsnmod:poss
9’s'sPART_8 fairycase
10commandscommandNOUNNumber=Plur6 executingobj
11,,PUNCT_6 executingpunct
12sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 wentnsubj
13wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14upupADP_13 wentcompound:prt
15totoADP_17 Ahmedcase
16PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing17 Ahmedcompound
17AhmedAhmedPROPNNumber=Sing13 wentobl
18,,PUNCT_23 saidpunct
19andandCCONJ_23 saidcc
20whisperingwhisperVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part23 saidcsubj
21totoADP_22 himcase
22himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 whisperingobl
23saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 wentparataxis
24,,PUNCT_26 Princepunct
25“"PUNCT_26 Princepunct
26PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing23 saidccomp
27,,PUNCT_29 commendpunct
28IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs29 commendnsubj
29commendcommendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 saidconj
30youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 compassionnmod:poss
31compassioncompassionNOUNNumber=Sing29 commendobj
32,,PUNCT_35 worthypunct
33whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel35 worthynsubj
34isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 worthycop
35worthyworthyADJDegree=Pos31 compassionacl:relcl
36ofofADP_37 youcase
37youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs35 worthyobl
38andandCCONJ_40 birthcc
39youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 birthnmod:poss
40birthbirthNOUNNumber=Sing37 youconj
41;;PUNCT_43 believepunct
42butbutCCONJ_43 believecc
43believebelieveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin13 wentparataxis
44meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs43 believeobj
45,,PUNCT_51 sickpunct
46thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem47 womandet
47womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing51 sicknsubj
48isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin51 sickcop
49notnotPARTPolarity=Neg51 sickadvmod
50sosoADV_51 sickadvmod
51sicksickADJDegree=Pos43 believeparataxis
52asasSCONJ_54 pretendsmark
53sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 pretendsnsubj
54pretendspretendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin51 sickadvcl
55totoPART_56 bemark
56bebeVERBVerbForm=Inf54 pretendsxcomp
57..PUNCT_13 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1executepast · progressivethe two womenthe fairy's commandsvn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Patient
2go uppastwomanPrince Ahmedtree rules
3whisper speech: assertgerundfairyvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
4say speech: assertpastwhisperingPrince ccompvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5commend in a quotepresentwhisperingyour compassionvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Theme
6is in a quotepresentyour compassionof you; worthy propertytree rules
7believe in a quoteinfinitivewhisperingvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
8not is in a quotepresentthis womansick propertytree rules
9pretend in a quotepresentwomantree rules
10be in a quoteto-infinitivewoman not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11commandthe fairynom command «communication 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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