The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 80
After the prince had concluded his compliment, the sultan placed him on his right hand, and said, “Son, I am much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to on my account; but I have one thing yet to ask of you, after which I shall expect nothing more from your obedience, nor from your interest with your fairy wife.
Who acts: sultan, you, prince, my, your · What happens: conclude, place, say, oblige, expose, have · To what, where: compliment, interest, prince, right hand, sultan, you · 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 (sultan, you, prince, my), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 prince | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concluded | obl |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 concluded | aux |
| 5 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 compliment | nmod:poss |
| 7 | compliment | compliment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concluded | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 placed | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sultan | det |
| 10 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 placed | nsubj |
| 11 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 concluded | parataxis |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 placed | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 hand | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hand | nmod:poss |
| 15 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hand | amod |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 placed | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 placed | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Son | punct |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Son | punct |
| 22 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 said | ccomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 obliged | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 obliged | nsubj |
| 25 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 obliged | aux:pass |
| 26 | much | much | ADV | _ | 27 obliged | advmod |
| 27 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 placed | conj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 you | case |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 obliged | obl |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 present | case |
| 31 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 present | det |
| 32 | valuable | valuable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 present | amod |
| 33 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 obliged | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 exposed | punct |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 exposed | mark |
| 36 | also | also | ADV | _ | 43 exposed | advmod |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 danger | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 danger | det |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 danger | amod |
| 40 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 exposed | obl |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 exposed | nsubj |
| 42 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 exposed | aux |
| 43 | exposed | expose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 obliged | conj |
| 44 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 43 exposed | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 exposed | xcomp |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 account | case |
| 47 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 account | nmod:poss |
| 48 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 exposed | obl |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 have | punct |
| 50 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 52 have | cc |
| 51 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 have | nsubj |
| 52 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 concluded | conj |
| 53 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 thing | nummod |
| 54 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 have | obj |
| 55 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 52 have | advmod |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 ask | mark |
| 57 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 have | advcl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 you | case |
| 59 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 57 ask | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 expect | punct |
| 61 | after | after | ADP | _ | 62 which | case |
| 62 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 expect | obl |
| 63 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 65 expect | nsubj |
| 64 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 65 expect | aux |
| 65 | expect | expect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 ask | conj |
| 66 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 65 expect | obj |
| 67 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 65 expect | advmod |
| 68 | from | from | ADP | _ | 70 obedience | case |
| 69 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 obedience | nmod:poss |
| 70 | obedience | obedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 more | obl |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 interest | punct |
| 72 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 75 interest | cc |
| 73 | from | from | ADP | _ | 75 interest | case |
| 74 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 75 interest | nmod:poss |
| 75 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concluded | obl |
| 76 | with | with | ADP | _ | 79 wife | case |
| 77 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 wife | nmod:poss |
| 78 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 wife | compound |
| 79 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 interest | nmod |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 concluded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past · perfect | prince's compliment | your interest with your fairy wife | after the prince | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent compliment=Theme from interest=Source | |||
| 2 | place | past | the sultan | prince | prince's right hand | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on hand=Destination | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the sultan not said here | Son ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | oblige in a quote | present · passive | the sultan = sultan | you | for this valuable present | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 5 | expose in a quote | present · perfect | you | yourself | my account | for the great danger | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot yourself=Topic | ||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | the sultan = sultan | one thing | yet | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | |||
| 7 | ask speech: ask in a quote | to-infinitive | the sultan = sultan not said here | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of you=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | expect in a quote | shall | the sultan = sultan | nothing | which obl | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | |||
| 9 | compliment | prince | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | account in a quote | my | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | obey in a quote | your | nom obedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | interest in a quote | your | with your fairy wife | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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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