The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 33
“A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there, and the gongs, too, in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!”
Who acts: Sarkap, maiden, you · What happens: make, ride along, swing, throw out, break, place · To what, where: havoc, us, drums, thee, youngest Princess
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sarkap, maiden, you), 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 | _ | 10 rides | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 3 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Prince | amod |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Sarkap | nmod:desc |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sarkap | punct |
| 6 | Sarkap | Sarkap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 rides | nsubj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sarkap | punct |
| 8 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 Sarkap | acl |
| 9 | havoc | havoc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 making | obj |
| 10 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | along | along | ADV | _ | 10 rides | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 swung | punct |
| 13 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 swung | nsubj |
| 14 | swung | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 rides | parataxis |
| 15 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 swung | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 maidens | punct |
| 17 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 maidens | nummod |
| 18 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 swung | obj |
| 19 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 maidens | amod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 threw | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 threw | cc |
| 22 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 swung | conj |
| 23 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 threw | obj |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 22 threw | compound:prt |
| 25 | headlong | headlong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 threw | xcomp |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 broke | punct |
| 27 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 broke | nsubj |
| 28 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 rides | parataxis |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 drums | det |
| 30 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 broke | obj |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 placed | nsubj |
| 32 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 drums | acl:relcl |
| 33 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 placed | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 gongs | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 gongs | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 gongs | det |
| 37 | gongs | gong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 broke | parataxis |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 gongs | punct |
| 39 | too | too | ADV | _ | 37 gongs | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 pride | punct |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 pride | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 pride | nmod:poss |
| 43 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gongs | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 kill | punct |
| 45 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 49 kill | discourse |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Sure | punct |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 kill | nsubj |
| 48 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 kill | aux |
| 49 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 gongs | parataxis |
| 50 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 49 kill | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 mine | punct |
| 52 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 mine | compound |
| 53 | mine | mine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 thee | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 take | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 take | cc |
| 56 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 kill | conj |
| 57 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 take | obj |
| 58 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 bride | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 bride | nmod:poss |
| 60 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 take | obl |
| 61 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 37 gongs | punct |
| 62 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 broke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | gerund | Sarkap a mighty Prince not said here | havoc | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset havoc=Product | ||||
| 2 | ride along in a quote | present | Sarkap a mighty Prince | along property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | swing in a quote | past | Sarkap | us | seventy maidens obj | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent we=Theme maiden=Result | |||
| 4 | throw out in a quote | past | Sarkap not said here | us | headlong property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||
| 5 | break in a quote | past | maiden | the drums | the gongs and maiden's pride parataxis | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drum=Patient | |||
| 6 | place in a quote | past | you | the drums not said here | there | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | |||
| 7 | kill in a quote | future | maiden | thee father mine | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | ||||
| 8 | take in a quote | infinitive | maiden not said here | the youngest Princess = princess | for maiden's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | |||
| 9 | pride in a quote | maiden | nom pride «feeling 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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