The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 17, sentence 119
As soon as King Zeyn had prostrated himself and spoken as he had been taught by Mobarec, the Sultan of the Genii, smiling, answered: “My son, I loved your father, and every time he came to pay me his respects, I presented him with a statue, which he carried away with him.
Who acts: King, Mobarec, son, I, sultan · What happens: prostrate, speak, teach, smile, answer, love · To what, where: King, father, time, respects, me, sultan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Mobarec, son, I), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 answered | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 prostrated | mark |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 prostrated | nsubj |
| 5 | Zeyn | Zeyn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 King | flat |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 prostrated | aux |
| 7 | prostrated | prostrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 soon | advcl |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 prostrated | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 spoken | cc |
| 10 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 prostrated | conj |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 taught | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 taught | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 taught | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 taught | aux:pass |
| 15 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 spoken | advcl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 Mobarec | case |
| 17 | Mobarec | Mobarec | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 taught | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Sultan | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Sultan | det |
| 20 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Mobarec | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Genii | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Genii | det |
| 23 | Genii | Genii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Sultan | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 smiling | punct |
| 25 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 taught | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 answered | punct |
| 27 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 loved | punct |
| 29 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 loved | punct |
| 30 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 son | nmod:poss |
| 31 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 loved | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 son | punct |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 loved | nsubj |
| 34 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 answered | conj |
| 35 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 father | nmod:poss |
| 36 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 loved | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 presented | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 presented | cc |
| 39 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 time | det |
| 40 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 presented | obl:unmarked |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 came | nsubj |
| 42 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 time | acl:relcl |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 pay | mark |
| 44 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 came | xcomp |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 pay | iobj |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 respects | nmod:poss |
| 47 | respects | respects | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 pay | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 time | punct |
| 49 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 presented | nsubj |
| 50 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 answered | conj |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 presented | obj |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 statue | case |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 statue | det |
| 54 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 presented | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 carried | punct |
| 56 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 carried | obj |
| 57 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 carried | nsubj |
| 58 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 statue | acl:relcl |
| 59 | away | away | ADV | _ | 58 carried | advmod |
| 60 | with | with | ADP | _ | 61 him | case |
| 61 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 carried | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 answered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prostrate | past · perfect | King | King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | participle | King not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | teach speech: other | past · perfect · passive | Mobarec | King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | smile | gerund | Mobarec not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | answer speech: assert | past | soon property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | love in a quote | past | My son | your father | I nsubj | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | come in a quote | past | son | every time not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | pay in a quote | to-infinitive | son not said here | sultan's respects | me | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient respects=Asset | |||
| 9 | present in a quote | past | I | sultan | time | with a statue | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with statue=Theme | ||
| 10 | carry away in a quote | past | sultan | a statue | with Genii; away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
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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