The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 15, sentence 22
And after having paid him homage, and taken an oath of fidelity, he went for his sister, Perie Banou, conducted her to the city in great pomp, and caused her to be acknowledged as Sultana of India.
Who acts: Prince · What happens: have, pay, take, go, conduct, cause · To what, where: Prince, oath, Perie, city
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 15. 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 paid | cc |
| 2 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 3 having | mark |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 paid | advcl |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 paid | obj |
| 6 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 taken | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 taken | cc |
| 9 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 paid | parataxis |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 oath | det |
| 11 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 taken | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 fidelity | case |
| 13 | fidelity | fidelity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 oath | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 went | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 went | nsubj |
| 16 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | parataxis |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 sister | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sister | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 went | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Perie | punct |
| 21 | Perie | Perie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 sister | appos |
| 22 | Banou | Banou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Perie | flat |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 conducted | punct |
| 24 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 went | conj |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 conducted | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 city | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 city | det |
| 28 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 conducted | obl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 pomp | case |
| 30 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 pomp | amod |
| 31 | pomp | pomp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 city | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 caused | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 caused | cc |
| 34 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | parataxis |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 caused | iobj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 acknowledged | mark |
| 37 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 acknowledged | aux:pass |
| 38 | acknowledged | acknowledge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 caused | advcl |
| 39 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 Sultana | case |
| 40 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 acknowledged | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 India | case |
| 42 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Sultana | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 paid | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | pay | past | Prince | homage obj | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient homage=Asset | ||||
| 3 | take | participle | a oath of fidelity | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | |||||
| 4 | go | past | Prince | for Prince's sister | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sister=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | conduct | past | Prince not said here | Perie | the city in great pomp | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to city=Destination | |||
| 6 | cause | past | Perie | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient | |||||
| 7 | acknowledge | to-infinitive · passive | as Sultana of India | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S» |
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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