The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 79
He approached the throne, laid the bottle at the sultan’s feet, kissed the rich carpet which covered the footstool, and rising, said, “I have brought you, sire, the healthful water which your majesty so much wished for; but at the same time I wish you such health as never to have occasion to make use of it.”
Who acts: prince, rich carpet, I, healthful water · What happens: approach, lay, kiss, cover, rise, say · To what, where: throne, bottle, feet, rich carpet, footstool, sire · Speech: someone speaks here
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, rich carpet, I, healthful water), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 approached | nsubj |
| 2 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 throne | det |
| 4 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 approached | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 laid | punct |
| 6 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 approached | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bottle | det |
| 8 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 laid | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 feet | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sultan | det |
| 11 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feet | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 11 sultan | case |
| 13 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 laid | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 kissed | punct |
| 15 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 approached | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 carpet | det |
| 17 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 carpet | amod |
| 18 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 kissed | obj |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 covered | nsubj |
| 20 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 carpet | acl:relcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 footstool | det |
| 22 | footstool | footstool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 covered | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 said | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 said | cc |
| 25 | rising | rise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 said | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 rising | punct |
| 27 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 kissed | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 brought | punct |
| 29 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 brought | punct |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 brought | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 brought | aux |
| 32 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 said | ccomp |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 brought | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 sire | punct |
| 35 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 brought | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 water | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 water | det |
| 38 | healthful | healthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 water | amod |
| 39 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 sire | appos |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 majesty | nsubj |
| 41 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 majesty | nmod:poss |
| 42 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 water | acl:relcl |
| 43 | so | so | ADV | _ | 44 much | advmod |
| 44 | much | much | ADV | _ | 45 wished | advmod |
| 45 | wished | wish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 brought | advcl |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 wished | obl |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 wish | punct |
| 48 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 wish | cc |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 52 time | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 time | det |
| 51 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 time | amod |
| 52 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 wish | obl |
| 53 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 wish | nsubj |
| 54 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 approached | conj |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 wish | obj |
| 56 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 health | amod |
| 57 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 wish | obj |
| 58 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 61 have | mark |
| 59 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 61 have | advmod |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 have | mark |
| 61 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 wish | ccomp |
| 62 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 have | obj |
| 63 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 make | mark |
| 64 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 occasion | acl |
| 65 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 make | obj |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 it | case |
| 67 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 use | nmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 approached | punct |
| 69 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 approached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approach | past | prince | the throne | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lay | past | prince not said here | the bottle | the sultan's feet | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme at foot=Destination | |||
| 3 | kiss | past | the rich carpet | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Co-Agent | |||||
| 4 | cover | past | the rich carpet | the footstool | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme footstool=Destination | ||||
| 5 | rise | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 7 | bring in a quote | present · perfect | I | sire | you | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination sire=Theme | |||
| 8 | majesty in a quote | the healthful water | your nmod:poss | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | wish in a quote | participle | I not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 10 | wish in a quote | present | I | you | time | such health obj | tree rules | ||
| 11 | not have not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | occasion | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | |||||
| 12 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | use of use | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | |||||
| 13 | use in a quote | use | nom use «act 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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