The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 78
The old sorceress, who had not power or courage to say a word, prostrated herself a second time, with her head on the carpet that covered the foot of the throne, and then was conducted by the two fairies through the same apartments which were shown to Prince Ahmed at his first arrival.
Who acts: old sorceress, carpet, two fairies, Ahmed · What happens: have, say, prostrate, cover, conduct, show · To what, where: power, word, sorceress, foot, same apartments, Prince Ahmed · 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 (old sorceress, carpet, two fairies, Ahmed), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sorceress | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sorceress | amod |
| 3 | sorceress | sorceress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 prostrated | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sorceress | acl:relcl |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 power | advmod |
| 8 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 courage | cc |
| 10 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 power | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 say | mark |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 had | advcl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 word | det |
| 14 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 say | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sorceress | punct |
| 16 | prostrated | prostrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 16 prostrated | obj |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 time | det |
| 19 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 time | amod |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 prostrated | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 head | punct |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 head | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 head | nmod:poss |
| 24 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 prostrated | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 carpet | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 carpet | det |
| 27 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 head | nmod |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 covered | nsubj |
| 29 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 carpet | acl:relcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 foot | det |
| 31 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 covered | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 throne | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 throne | det |
| 34 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 foot | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 conducted | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 conducted | cc |
| 37 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 conducted | advmod |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 conducted | aux:pass |
| 39 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 prostrated | parataxis |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 fairies | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 fairies | det |
| 42 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 43 fairies | nummod |
| 43 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 conducted | obl |
| 44 | through | through | ADP | _ | 47 apartments | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 apartments | det |
| 46 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 apartments | amod |
| 47 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 conducted | obl |
| 48 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 shown | nsubj |
| 49 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 shown | aux:pass |
| 50 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 apartments | acl:relcl |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 Ahmed | case |
| 52 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Ahmed | compound |
| 53 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 shown | obl |
| 54 | at | at | ADP | _ | 57 arrival | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 56 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 57 arrival | amod |
| 57 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 shown | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 prostrated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the old sorceress | power or courage | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | the old sorceress not said here | a word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 3 | prostrate | past | the old sorceress | sorceress | time | with sorceress's head on the carpet | tree rules | ||
| 4 | cover | past | the carpet | the foot of the throne | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Destination | ||||
| 5 | conduct | past · passive | the two fairies | the same apartments | then | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent through apartment=Destination | |||
| 6 | show | past · passive | the same apartments | Prince Ahmed | Ahmed's first arrival | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to ahmed=Recipient | |||
| 7 | arrive | Ahmed | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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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