The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 2, sentence 28
On seeing the Emperor at the window he gave a sign, and there came forth from the throats of the assembled birds such a glorious burst of melody that tears of thankfulness flowed from the Emperor’s eyes; he could scarcely believe that such wonderful music was possible.
Who acts: Emperor, such wonderful music · What happens: see, give, come, assemble, flow, believe · To what, where: Emperor, window, sign, throats, tears, eyes
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, such wonderful music), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 2 seeing | mark |
| 2 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 gave | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Emperor | det |
| 4 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 seeing | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 window | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 window | det |
| 7 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seeing | obl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gave | nsubj |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sign | det |
| 11 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 came | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 came | cc |
| 14 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 15 came | expl |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 gave | conj |
| 16 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 15 came | advmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 throats | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 throats | det |
| 19 | throats | throat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 came | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 birds | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 birds | det |
| 22 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 birds | amod |
| 23 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 throats | nmod |
| 24 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 27 burst | det:predet |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 burst | det |
| 26 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 burst | amod |
| 27 | burst | burst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 birds | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 melody | case |
| 29 | melody | melody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 burst | nmod |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 tears | det |
| 31 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 melody | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 thankfulness | case |
| 33 | thankfulness | thankfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 tears | nmod |
| 34 | flowed | flow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 tears | acl |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 39 eyes | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Emperor | det |
| 37 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 38 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 37 Emperor | case |
| 39 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 flowed | obl |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 believe | punct |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 believe | nsubj |
| 42 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 believe | aux |
| 43 | scarcely | scarcely | ADV | _ | 44 believe | advmod |
| 44 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 gave | conj |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 50 possible | mark |
| 46 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 music | amod |
| 47 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 music | amod |
| 48 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 possible | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 possible | cop |
| 50 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 believe | advcl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | Emperor not said here | the Emperor | the window | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | give | past | Emperor | a sign | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | past | Emperor not said here | the throats of the assembled birds such glorious burst of melody and that tears of thankfulness; there | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from throat=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | assemble | participle | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | flow | participle | that tears of thankfulness not said here | the Emperor's eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | believe | could | Emperor | scarcely property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | is | past | such wonderful music | possible property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | burst | melody and that tears of thankfulness | nom burst «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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