The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 15, sentence 82
Again the spirit appeared, and it said: “The seven men whom you killed were sent to kill you by the spirit of the great stone, for he looked in your hand and saw that you were to marry the orphan girl whom he himself wished to wed. But you have conquered.
Who acts: spirit, rage, you, seven men · What happens: appear, say, kill, send, look, see · To what, where: seven men, you, orphan girl · 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 (spirit, rage, you, seven men), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 appeared | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 spirit | det |
| 3 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appeared | nsubj |
| 4 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 said | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 appeared | conj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 sent | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 sent | punct |
| 11 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 men | det |
| 12 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 men | nummod |
| 13 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 killed | obj |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 killed | nsubj |
| 16 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 men | acl:relcl |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sent | aux:pass |
| 18 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 said | ccomp |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 kill | mark |
| 20 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 sent | xcomp |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 kill | obj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 spirit | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 spirit | det |
| 24 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 kill | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 stone | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 stone | det |
| 27 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 stone | amod |
| 28 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 spirit | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 looked | punct |
| 30 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 32 looked | mark |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 looked | nsubj |
| 32 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sent | parataxis |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 hand | case |
| 34 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 hand | nmod:poss |
| 35 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 looked | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 saw | cc |
| 37 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 looked | conj |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 marry | mark |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 marry | nsubj |
| 40 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 marry | aux |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 marry | mark |
| 42 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 saw | ccomp |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 girl | det |
| 44 | orphan | orphan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 girl | amod |
| 45 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 marry | obj |
| 46 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 wished | obj |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 wished | nsubj |
| 48 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 47 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 49 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 girl | acl:relcl |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 51 wed. | case |
| 51 | wed. | Wednesday | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 49 wished | obl |
| 52 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 conquered | cc |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 conquered | nsubj |
| 54 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 conquered | aux |
| 55 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 wished | conj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 appeared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | the spirit | again | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | rage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | kill in a quote | past | you | the seven men | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | ||||
| 4 | send in a quote | past · passive | the seven men | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | kill in a quote | to-infinitive | the seven men not said here | you | by the spirit of the great stone | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 6 | look in a quote | past | spirit | in your hand | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hand=Theme | ||||
| 7 | see in a quote | past | spirit not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | marry in a quote | past | you | the orphan girl | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | ||||
| 9 | wish in a quote | past | spirit | the orphan girl | wednesday | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot whom=Theme | |||
| 10 | conquer in a quote | present · perfect | you | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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