The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 7
Accordingly, the old woman found means to show King Zeyn a considerable number of beautiful maidens of twenty years of age; but when he had viewed them, and came to consult his glass, it always appeared sullied.
Who acts: old woman, King, it · What happens: find, mean, show, view, come, consult · To what, where: considerable number, King, them, glass
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 (old woman, King, it), 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 | Accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 6 found | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Accordingly | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woman | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 woman | amod |
| 5 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | nsubj |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 show | mark |
| 9 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 means | xcomp |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 show | obj |
| 11 | Zeyn | Zeyn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 King | flat |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 number | det |
| 13 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 number | amod |
| 14 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 show | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 maidens | case |
| 16 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 maidens | amod |
| 17 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 number | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 years | case |
| 19 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 years | nummod |
| 20 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 maidens | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 age | case |
| 22 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 years | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 viewed | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 viewed | cc |
| 25 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 viewed | advmod |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 viewed | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 viewed | aux |
| 28 | viewed | view | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 means | parataxis |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 viewed | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 came | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 came | cc |
| 32 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | parataxis |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 consult | mark |
| 34 | consult | consult | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 came | xcomp |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 glass | nmod:poss |
| 36 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 consult | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 appeared | punct |
| 38 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 appeared | nsubj |
| 39 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 40 appeared | advmod |
| 40 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 came | conj |
| 41 | sullied | sully | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 appeared | xcomp |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | the old woman | accordingly property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | show not said to happen | to-infinitive | a considerable number of beautiful maidens of twenty years of age | King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient number=Topic | ||||
| 4 | view | past · perfect | King | them = they | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | come | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | consult | to-infinitive | King's glass | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | |||||
| 7 | appear | past | it | always property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 8 | sully | participle | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=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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