The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 2, sentence 59
“Then,” said the Spirit Lady, “if you will cut off the head of your firstborn son, who has on his body the marks of greatness, and offer his head as a sacrifice to the all-helpful Goddess Durga, then shall I continue to be the guardian angel of the Rajah, even though he should live another hundred years.”
Who acts: Spirit Lady, you, firstborn son, guard · What happens: say, cut off, have, offer, continue, be · To what, where: head, body, helpful Goddess Durga, guardian angel, greatness · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Spirit Lady, you, firstborn son, guard), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Then | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Lady | det |
| 7 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Lady | compound |
| 8 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cut | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 cut | punct |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 cut | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 cut | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 cut | aux |
| 14 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 cut | compound:prt |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 head | det |
| 17 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cut | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 son | case |
| 19 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 son | nmod:poss |
| 20 | firstborn | firstborn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 son | amod |
| 21 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 head | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 has | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 has | nsubj |
| 24 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 son | acl:relcl |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 body | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 body | nmod:poss |
| 27 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 has | obl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 marks | det |
| 29 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 body | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 greatness | case |
| 31 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 marks | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 offer | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 offer | cc |
| 34 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 cut | conj |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 head | nmod:poss |
| 36 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 offer | obj |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 sacrifice | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 sacrifice | det |
| 39 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 offer | obl |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 Durga | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Durga | det |
| 42 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 Durga | det |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 all | punct |
| 44 | helpful | helpful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 Durga | amod |
| 45 | Goddess | Goddess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Durga | compound |
| 46 | Durga | Durga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 offer | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 continue | punct |
| 48 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 51 continue | advmod |
| 49 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 continue | aux |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 continue | nsubj |
| 51 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 cut | conj |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 angel | mark |
| 53 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 56 angel | cop |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 angel | det |
| 55 | guardian | guardian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 angel | amod |
| 56 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 continue | ccomp |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 Rajah | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 Rajah | det |
| 59 | Rajah | Rajah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 angel | nmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 live | punct |
| 61 | even | even | ADV | _ | 65 live | advmod |
| 62 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 65 live | mark |
| 63 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 live | nsubj |
| 64 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 65 live | aux |
| 65 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 cut | conj |
| 66 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 67 hundred | det |
| 67 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 68 years | nummod |
| 68 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 live | obl:unmarked |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 70 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Spirit Lady | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cut off a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | the head of your firstborn son | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | your firstborn son | guard's body the marks of greatness | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | offer in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | guard's head | the helpful Goddess Durga | as a sacrifice | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent head=Theme to durga=Goal | ||
| 5 | continue in a quote | shall | the Spirit Lady = lady | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | the Spirit Lady = lady not said here | the guardian angel | of the Rajah | tree rules | |||
| 7 | live in a quote | should | guard | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | mark in a quote | greatness | nom mark «cognition 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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