The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 86
For my part, I shudder when I consider the misfortunes which may happen to you, as the fairy, by her attractions and caresses, may inspire your son with the unnatural design of dethroning his father and of seizing the crown of the Indies.”
Who acts: I, misfortunes, unnatural design, sorceress · What happens: shudder, consider, happen, inspire, dethrone, seize · To what, where: misfortunes, you, son, father, crown, Indies
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 (I, misfortunes, unnatural design, sorceress), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 part | case |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 part | nmod:poss |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shudder | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 part | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 shudder | nsubj |
| 6 | shudder | shudder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 consider | advmod |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 consider | nsubj |
| 9 | consider | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shudder | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 misfortunes | det |
| 11 | misfortunes | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 consider | obj |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 happen | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 happen | aux |
| 14 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 misfortunes | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 you | case |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 happen | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fairy | punct |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 fairy | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 fairy | det |
| 20 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 consider | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 attractions | punct |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 attractions | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 attractions | nmod:poss |
| 24 | attractions | attraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 consider | parataxis |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 caresses | cc |
| 26 | caresses | caress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 attractions | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 inspire | punct |
| 28 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 inspire | aux |
| 29 | inspire | inspire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 shudder | conj |
| 30 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 son | nmod:poss |
| 31 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 inspire | obj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 design | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 design | det |
| 34 | unnatural | unnatural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 design | amod |
| 35 | design | design | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 inspire | obl |
| 36 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 37 dethroning | mark |
| 37 | dethroning | dethrone | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 design | acl |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 father | nmod:poss |
| 39 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 dethroning | obj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 seizing | cc |
| 41 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 42 seizing | mark |
| 42 | seizing | seize | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 dethroning | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 crown | det |
| 44 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 seizing | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Indies | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Indies | det |
| 47 | Indies | Indy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 44 crown | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shudder | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 shudder | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shudder | present | I | for my part | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | consider | present | I | the misfortunes | the fairy conj; sorceress's attractions and caresses parataxis | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent misfortune=Attribute | |||
| 3 | happen | may | the misfortunes | you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | inspire | may | I not said here | your son | with the unnatural design | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus son=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | dethrone | gerund | the unnatural design not said here | Son's father | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | seize | gerund | the unnatural design not said here | the crown of the Indies | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | ||||
| 7 | attract | sorceress | nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | crown | the Indies | nom crown «communication 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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