The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 65
So saying, he took leave of the fairy, and set forward again for his father’s capital, where he soon arrived, and was received as usual by the sultan, who constrained himself as much as possible, to disguise the anxiety arising from the suspicions suggested by his favorites.
Who acts: Ahmed, sultan, anxiety · What happens: say, take, leave, set forward, arrive, receive · To what, where: Ahmed, anxiety, suspicions · 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, sultan, anxiety), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 saying | advmod |
| 2 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 took | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 saying | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 took | ccomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fairy | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fairy | det |
| 9 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 set | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 set | cc |
| 12 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 leave | conj |
| 13 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 12 set | advmod |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 set | advmod |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 capital | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 father | nmod:poss |
| 17 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 capital | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 father | case |
| 19 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 set | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 arrived | punct |
| 21 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 24 arrived | advmod |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 arrived | nsubj |
| 23 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 arrived | advmod |
| 24 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 capital | acl:relcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 received | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 received | cc |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 received | aux:pass |
| 28 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 took | conj |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 30 usual | case |
| 30 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 received | obl |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 sultan | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 sultan | det |
| 33 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 received | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 constrained | punct |
| 35 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 constrained | nsubj |
| 36 | constrained | constrain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 sultan | acl:relcl |
| 37 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 36 constrained | obj |
| 38 | as | as | ADV | _ | 39 much | advmod |
| 39 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 constrained | obj |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 possible | mark |
| 41 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 much | advcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 disguise | punct |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 disguise | mark |
| 44 | disguise | disguise | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | parataxis |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 anxiety | det |
| 46 | anxiety | anxiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 disguise | obj |
| 47 | arising | arise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 anxiety | acl |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 50 suspicions | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 suspicions | det |
| 50 | suspicions | suspicion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 arising | obl |
| 51 | suggested | suggest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 suspicions | acl |
| 52 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 favorites | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 favorites | nmod:poss |
| 54 | favorites | favorite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 suggested | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | Ahmed not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | take | past | Ahmed | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | Ahmed not said here | of the fairy | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of fairy=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | set forward | infinitive | Ahmed not said here | again | for Ahmed's father's capital; forward property | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for capital=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | arrive | past | Ahmed | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | receive | past · passive | the sultan | as usual | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | constrain | past | the sultan | Ahmed | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | disguise | to-infinitive | the anxiety | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anxiety=Destination | |||||
| 9 | arise | gerund | the anxiety not said here | the suspicions | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | suggest speech: suggest | participle | the suspicions not said here | by Ahmed's favorites | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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