The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 19, sentence 5
When an infant he had been placed in the care of one of the court ladies, who afterward became his governess, and between them existed a great affection, which was shared equally by the lady’s daughter Zaïda.
Who acts: court ladies, ladies, daughter · What happens: place, become, exist, share · To what, where: infant, care, governess, great affection
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (court ladies, ladies, daughter), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 placed | advmod |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 infant | det |
| 3 | infant | infant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 placed | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 placed | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 placed | aux:pass |
| 7 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 care | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 care | det |
| 10 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 placed | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 one | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 care | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 ladies | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ladies | det |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 ladies | compound |
| 16 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 one | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 became | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 became | nsubj |
| 19 | afterward | afterward | ADV | _ | 20 became | advmod |
| 20 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 ladies | acl:relcl |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 governess | nmod:poss |
| 22 | governess | governess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 became | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 existed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 existed | cc |
| 25 | between | between | ADP | _ | 27 existed | mark |
| 26 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 existed | nsubj |
| 27 | existed | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 placed | advcl |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 affection | det |
| 29 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 affection | amod |
| 30 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 existed | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 shared | punct |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 shared | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 shared | aux:pass |
| 34 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 affection | acl:relcl |
| 35 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 34 shared | advmod |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 daughter | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 lady | det |
| 38 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 39 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 38 lady | case |
| 40 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 shared | obl |
| 41 | Zaïda | Zaïda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 daughter | appos |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 placed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past · perfect · passive | a infant | the care of one of the court ladies | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in care=Destination | ||||
| 2 | become | past | the court ladies | infant's governess | afterward property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | exist | past | ladies = lady | a great affection | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | share | past · passive | the lady's daughter | a great affection | equally property | tree rules |
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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