The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 13
On the next day, Boubekir Muezin waited on Prince Zeyn to return to him his thanks; and on hearing the purpose of his visit to Bagdad, told him of a young maiden, the daughter of a former vizier of the Sultan of Bagdad, whom he was assured would fulfil the terms required by Prince Zeyn, and offered to ask her from her father as the wife of the prince if he would go with him to her father’s mansion.
Who acts: Boubekir, Bagdad, visit, prince · What happens: wait, return, hear, tell, assure, fulfil · To what, where: thanks, prince, purpose, Bagdad, young maiden, terms · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Boubekir, Bagdad, visit, 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waited | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 6 | Boubekir | Boubekir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 waited | nsubj |
| 7 | Muezin | Muezin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Boubekir | flat |
| 8 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Prince | case |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 waited | obl |
| 11 | Zeyn | Zeyn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Prince | flat |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 return | mark |
| 13 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 waited | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 return | obl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 thanks | nmod:poss |
| 17 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 return | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 told | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 told | cc |
| 20 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 21 hearing | mark |
| 21 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 told | advcl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 purpose | det |
| 23 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hearing | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 visit | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 visit | nmod:poss |
| 26 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 purpose | nmod |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Bagdad | case |
| 28 | Bagdad | Bagdad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 visit | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hearing | punct |
| 30 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 waited | conj |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 told | iobj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 maiden | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 maiden | det |
| 34 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 maiden | amod |
| 35 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 told | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 daughter | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 daughter | det |
| 38 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 maiden | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 vizier | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 vizier | det |
| 41 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 vizier | amod |
| 42 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 daughter | nmod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Sultan | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Sultan | det |
| 45 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 vizier | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Bagdad | case |
| 47 | Bagdad | Bagdad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Sultan | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 assured | punct |
| 49 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 assured | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 assured | nsubj |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 assured | aux:pass |
| 52 | assured | assure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 maiden | parataxis |
| 53 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 fulfil | aux |
| 54 | fulfil | fulfil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 assured | ccomp |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 terms | det |
| 56 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 fulfil | obj |
| 57 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 terms | acl |
| 58 | by | by | ADP | _ | 59 Prince | case |
| 59 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 required | obl:agent |
| 60 | Zeyn | Zeyn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Prince | flat |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 offered | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 offered | cc |
| 63 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 told | conj |
| 64 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 ask | mark |
| 65 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 offered | xcomp |
| 66 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 ask | iobj |
| 67 | from | from | ADP | _ | 69 father | case |
| 68 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 father | nmod:poss |
| 69 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 ask | obl |
| 70 | as | as | ADP | _ | 72 wife | case |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 wife | det |
| 72 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 ask | obl |
| 73 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 prince | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 prince | det |
| 75 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 wife | nmod |
| 76 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 79 go | mark |
| 77 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 79 go | nsubj |
| 78 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 79 go | aux |
| 79 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 65 ask | advcl |
| 80 | with | with | ADP | _ | 81 him | case |
| 81 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 79 go | obl |
| 82 | to | to | ADP | _ | 86 mansion | case |
| 83 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 84 father | nmod:poss |
| 84 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 mansion | nmod:poss |
| 85 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 84 father | case |
| 86 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 go | obl |
| 87 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 waited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | Boubekir | day | on Prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on prince=Location | |||
| 2 | return | to-infinitive | Boubekir not said here | prince's thanks | prince | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme to he=Destination | |||
| 3 | hear | gerund | the purpose of prince's visit to Bagdad | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer purpose=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | Boubekir not said here | Bagdad | of a young maiden and the daughter of a former vizier of the Sultan of Bagdad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 5 | assure | past · passive | a young maiden and the daughter of a former vizier of the Sultan of Bagdad | Bagdad nsubj | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | fulfil | would | the terms | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | require | participle | the terms not said here | Prince obl:agent | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | offer | participle | Boubekir not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | Boubekir not said here | Boubekir | from Boubekir's father; as the wife of the prince | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||
| 10 | go a condition, not said to happen | would | Bagdad | Boubekir's father's mansion | with prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mansion=Initial_Location | |||
| 11 | purpose | prince's visit to Bagdad | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 12 | visit | prince | to Bagdad | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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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