The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 53
The young sultan and his mother being both impatient to see the wonderful statue, went down into the room of the statues; but how great was their surprise, when, instead of a statue of diamonds, they beheld on the ninth pedestal a most beautiful girl, whom the prince knew to be the same whom he had conducted to the island of the genii!
Who acts: mother, young sultan, statues, prince, sultan · What happens: be, see, go down, behold, know, conduct · To what, where: wonderful statue, room, great surprise, beautiful girl, ninth pedestal, island · 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 (mother, young sultan, statues, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sultan | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sultan | amod |
| 3 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 went | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 mother | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sultan | conj |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 impatient | cop |
| 8 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 impatient | advmod |
| 9 | impatient | impatient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mother | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 see | mark |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 impatient | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 statue | det |
| 13 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 statue | amod |
| 14 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sultan | punct |
| 16 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | down | down | ADV | _ | 16 went | advmod |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 room | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 room | det |
| 20 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 went | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 statues | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 statues | det |
| 23 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 room | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 surprise | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 great | cc |
| 26 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 27 great | advmod |
| 27 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 surprise | amod |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 surprise | cop |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 surprise | nmod:poss |
| 30 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 went | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 statue | punct |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 statue | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 statue | punct |
| 34 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 37 statue | case |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 instead | fixed |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 statue | det |
| 37 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 surprise | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 diamonds | case |
| 39 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 statue | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 beheld | punct |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 beheld | nsubj |
| 42 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 statue | conj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 pedestal | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 pedestal | det |
| 45 | ninth | ninth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 pedestal | amod |
| 46 | pedestal | pedestal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 beheld | obl |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 girl | det |
| 48 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 49 beautiful | advmod |
| 49 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 girl | amod |
| 50 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 beheld | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 knew | punct |
| 52 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 knew | obj |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 prince | det |
| 54 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 knew | nsubj |
| 55 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 girl | conj |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 same | mark |
| 57 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 59 same | cop |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 same | det |
| 59 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 knew | ccomp |
| 60 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 conducted | obj |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 conducted | nsubj |
| 62 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 conducted | aux |
| 63 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 59 same | acl:relcl |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 island | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 island | det |
| 66 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 conducted | obl |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 genii | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 genii | det |
| 69 | genii | genii | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 island | nmod |
| 70 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 16 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | sultan's mother not said here | impatient property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | sultan's mother not said here | the wonderful statue | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer statue=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go down | past | the young sultan and sultan's mother | the room of the statues | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 4 | is a | past | statues's great surprise | instead a statue of diamonds; statues = statue nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | behold | past | statues = statue | a beautiful girl | the ninth pedestal | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | know | past | the prince | a beautiful girl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | is | to-infinitive | same property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | conduct | past · perfect | sultan | the island of the genii | whom obj | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to island=Destination |
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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