The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 15, sentence 49

Then he called for wine, and it was brought in a jar so large that it had to be set on the ground under the house, and even then the top came so high above the floor that they brought a seat for the widow’s son, and it raised him just high enough to drink from the reed in the top of the jar.

Who acts: master, wine, top, trousers · What happens: call, bring, have, set, come, raise · To what, where: wine, jar, ground, floor, seat, master · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (master, wine, top, trousers), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 called	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 wine	case
5	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 brought	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 brought	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 brought	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 brought	aux:pass
10	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 called	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 jar	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 jar	det
13	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 brought	obl
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 large	advmod
15	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 brought	advcl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 had	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 large	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	21 set	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 set	aux:pass
21	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 had	xcomp
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 ground	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 ground	det
24	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 set	obl
25	under	under	ADP	_	27 house	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 house	det
27	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 set	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 came	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 came	cc
30	even	even	ADV	_	31 then	advmod
31	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 came	advmod
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 top	det
33	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 came	nsubj
34	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
35	so	so	ADV	_	36 high	advmod
36	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	34 came	advmod
37	above	above	ADP	_	39 floor	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 floor	det
39	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 came	obl
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 brought	mark
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 brought	nsubj
42	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 came	advcl
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 seat	det
44	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 brought	obj
45	for	for	ADP	_	49 son	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 widow	det
47	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 son	nmod:poss
48	’s	's	PART	_	47 widow	case
49	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 brought	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 raised	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 raised	cc
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 raised	nsubj
53	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 raised	obj
55	just	just	ADV	_	56 high	advmod
56	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 raised	xcomp
57	enough	enough	ADV	_	56 high	advmod
58	to	to	PART	_	59 drink	mark
59	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 high	advcl
60	from	from	ADP	_	62 reed	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 reed	det
62	reed	reed	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 drink	obl
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 top	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 top	det
65	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 reed	nmod
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 jar	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 jar	det
68	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 top	nmod
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	master			then	for wine	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for wine=Recipient
2	bring	past · passive		wine	a jar			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme
3	have	past	wine					tree rules
4	set	to-infinitive · passive	wine not said here		the ground		under the house	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on ground=Destination
5	come	past	the top		the floor	then	high property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above floor=Location
6	bring	past	trousers	a seat			for the widow's son	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent seat=Theme
7	raise	past	top	master			high property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	drink	to-infinitive	top not said here		the reed in the top of the jar			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from reed=Source

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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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 15, sentence 49