The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 86
Though we both had the same parents, he is of so violent a nature that his resentment kindles at the slightest offence; yet, on the other hand, he is so liberal as to oblige any one who shows him a kindness.
Who acts: we, danger, resentment, one · What happens: have, be, kindle, oblige, show, resent · To what, where: same parents, nature, slightest offence, other hand, one, kindness
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 (we, danger, resentment, one), 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 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 4 had | mark |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 had | advmod |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 violent | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parents | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 parents | amod |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 violent | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 violent | cop |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 violent | case |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 violent | advmod |
| 13 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 nature | det |
| 15 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 violent | nsubj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 kindles | obj |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 resentment | nmod:poss |
| 18 | resentment | resentment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 kindles | nsubj |
| 19 | kindles | kindle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 nature | acl:relcl |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 offence | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 offence | det |
| 22 | slightest | slight | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 offence | amod |
| 23 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 kindles | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 liberal | punct |
| 25 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 35 liberal | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 yet | punct |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 hand | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 hand | det |
| 29 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 hand | amod |
| 30 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 liberal | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 hand | punct |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 liberal | nsubj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 liberal | cop |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 liberal | advmod |
| 35 | liberal | liberal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 violent | conj |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 oblige | mark |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 oblige | mark |
| 38 | oblige | oblige | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 liberal | csubj |
| 39 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 one | det |
| 40 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 oblige | obj |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 shows | nsubj |
| 42 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 one | acl:relcl |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 shows | iobj |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 kindness | det |
| 45 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shows | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 violent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | we | the same parents | both property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | danger | a nature nsubj; violent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | kindle | present | danger's resentment | a nature | the slightest offence | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition that=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | present | danger | the other hand | yet | liberal property | tree rules | ||
| 5 | oblige | to-infinitive | any one | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | |||||
| 6 | show | present | any one | a kindness | danger | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kindness=Topic | |||
| 7 | resent | danger | nom resentment «feeling transitive»: 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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