The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 111
Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the king, came out to meet him—seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhanur, going gayly to his doom, was filled with pity, and called to him, saying:
Who acts: help, Sarkap · What happens: reach, come out, meet, see, go, fill · To what, where: city, one, help, gallant young Prince riding, Bhanur, doom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (help, Sarkap), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 came | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 reached | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 reached | nsubj |
| 5 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 came | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 city | det |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reached | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Sarkap | case |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Sarkap | compound |
| 10 | Sarkap | Sarkap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 city | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 maidens | punct |
| 12 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 maidens | nummod |
| 13 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 reached | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 daughters | punct |
| 15 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 maidens | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 king | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 daughters | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 reached | punct |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | out | out | ADV | _ | 20 came | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 meet | mark |
| 23 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 came | advcl |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 meet | obj |
| 25 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 maidens | punct |
| 26 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 maidens | nummod |
| 27 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 maidens | amod |
| 28 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 came | parataxis |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 merry | punct |
| 30 | merry | merry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 maidens | amod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 careless | cc |
| 32 | careless | careless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 merry | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 full | punct |
| 34 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 merry | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 smiles | case |
| 36 | smiles | smile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 full | obl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 laughter | cc |
| 38 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 smiles | conj |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 one | punct |
| 40 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 one | cc |
| 41 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 came | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 youngest | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 youngest | det |
| 44 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 41 one | nmod |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 them | case |
| 46 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 youngest | nmod |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 saw | punct |
| 49 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 51 saw | advmod |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 saw | nsubj |
| 51 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 one | parataxis |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 riding | det |
| 53 | gallant | gallant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 riding | amod |
| 54 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 riding | amod |
| 55 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 riding | compound |
| 56 | riding | riding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 saw | obj |
| 57 | on | on | ADP | _ | 58 Bhanur | case |
| 58 | Bhanur | Bhanur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 riding | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 going | punct |
| 60 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 saw | conj |
| 61 | gayly | gayly | ADV | _ | 60 going | advmod |
| 62 | to | to | ADP | _ | 64 doom | case |
| 63 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 doom | nmod:poss |
| 64 | doom | doom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 going | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 filled | punct |
| 66 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 filled | aux:pass |
| 67 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 one | conj |
| 68 | with | with | ADP | _ | 69 pity | case |
| 69 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 filled | obl |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 called | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 called | cc |
| 72 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 one | parataxis |
| 73 | to | to | ADP | _ | 74 him | case |
| 74 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 called | obl |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 saying | punct |
| 76 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 72 called | advcl |
| 77 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | help | the city of King Sarkap | seventy maidens and daughters of the king obl | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme | |||
| 2 | come out | past | one the youngest of smiles | now | seventy fair maidens parataxis; out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | help | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||||
| 4 | see | past | Sarkap | the gallant young Prince riding | Bhanur | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer riding=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | go | gerund | Sarkap not said here | help's doom | gayly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to doom=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | fill | past · passive | with pity | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with pity=Instrument | |||||
| 7 | call | participle | help | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | |||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | doom | help | nom doom «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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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