The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 72
When he arrived at the gates of the castle, he distributed the quarters of the sheep among the four lions, and passing through the midst of them with speed, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned safe.
Who acts: prince · What happens: arrive, distribute, pass, get, fill, return · To what, where: gates, quarters, midst, bottle
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 arrived | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrived | nsubj |
| 3 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 distributed | advcl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 gates | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gates | det |
| 6 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 arrived | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 castle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 castle | det |
| 9 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gates | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 arrived | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 distributed | nsubj |
| 12 | distributed | distribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 quarters | det |
| 14 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 distributed | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 sheep | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sheep | det |
| 17 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 quarters | nmod |
| 18 | among | among | ADP | _ | 21 lions | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 lions | det |
| 20 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 lions | nummod |
| 21 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 sheep | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 got | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 got | cc |
| 24 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 got | advcl |
| 25 | through | through | ADP | _ | 27 midst | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 midst | det |
| 27 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 passing | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 them | case |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 midst | nmod |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 speed | case |
| 31 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 passing | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 passing | punct |
| 33 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 distributed | parataxis |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 fountain | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 fountain | det |
| 36 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 got | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 filled | punct |
| 38 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 got | conj |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 bottle | nmod:poss |
| 40 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 filled | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 returned | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 returned | cc |
| 43 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 distributed | conj |
| 44 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 returned | xcomp |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 distributed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | prince | the gates of the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | distribute | past | prince | the quarters of the sheep among the four lions | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pass | gerund | the midst of lions | with speed | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through midst=Location | ||||
| 4 | get | past | to the fountain result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to fountain=Result | |||||
| 5 | fill | past | prince's bottle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | |||||
| 6 | return | past | prince not said here | safe property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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