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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 126

She sent to the young prince a ring of jade with instructions that he must always wear it, as it would protect him from all harm while in his father’s country.

Who acts: Queen, prince, ring · What happens: send, wear, protect · To what, where: ring, young prince, prince

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, prince, ring), 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

nsubjcasedetamodobldetobjcasenmodcaseoblmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclobjpunctmarknsubjauxadvclobjcasedetoblmarkcasenmod:posscompoundcaseadvclpunctrootShePRONsentVERBtoADPtheDETyoungADJprinceNOUNaDETringNOUNofADPjadeNOUNwithADPinstructionsNOUNthatSCONJhePRONmustAUXalwaysADVwearVERBitPRON,PUNCTasSCONJitPRONwouldAUXprotectVERBhimPRONfromADPallDETharmNOUNwhileSCONJinADPhisPRONfatherNOUN’sPARTcountryNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sentnsubj
2sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_6 princecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 princedet
5youngyoungADJDegree=Pos6 princeamod
6princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing2 sentobl
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 ringdet
8ringringNOUNNumber=Sing2 sentobj
9ofofADP_10 jadecase
10jadejadeNOUNNumber=Sing8 ringnmod
11withwithADP_12 instructionscase
12instructionsinstructionNOUNNumber=Plur2 sentobl
13thatthatSCONJ_17 wearmark
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 wearnsubj
15mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin17 wearaux
16alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot17 wearadvmod
17wearwearVERBVerbForm=Inf2 sentadvcl
18ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 wearobj
19,,PUNCT_23 protectpunct
20asasSCONJ_23 protectmark
21ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 protectnsubj
22wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin23 protectaux
23protectprotectVERBVerbForm=Inf17 wearadvcl
24himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 protectobj
25fromfromADP_27 harmcase
26allallDETPronType=Tot27 harmdet
27harmharmNOUNNumber=Sing23 protectobl
28whilewhileSCONJ_33 countrymark
29ininADP_31 fathercase
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 fathernmod:poss
31fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing33 countrycompound
32’s'sPART_31 fathercase
33countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing23 protectadvcl
34..PUNCT_2 sentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sendpastQueena ring of jadethe young princewith instructionsvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to prince=Destination
2wearmustprinceringalways propertyvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3protectwouldringprincefrom all harm; father country advclvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary from harm=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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