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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 47

Her words moved the heart of Rajah Rasalu, and going to the potter, he asked him to sell the kiln as it was; but the potter replied that he could not settle a fair price till the pots were burned, as he could not tell how many would come out whole.

Who acts: words, Rajah, heart, potter, many, Rasalu · What happens: move, go, ask, sell, be, reply · To what, where: heart, potter, Sarkap, kiln, fair price, pots · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (words, Rajah, heart, potter), 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

nmod:possnsubjdetobjcasenmodflatpunctccadvclcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjiobjmarkxcompdetobjmarknsubjadvclpunctccdetnsubjparataxismarknsubjauxadvmodccompdetamodobjmarkdetnsubj:passaux:passadvclpunctmarknsubjauxadvmodparataxisadvmodnsubjauxccompadvmodxcomppunctrootHerPRONwordsNOUNmovedVERBtheDETheartNOUNofADPRajahPROPNRasaluPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJgoingVERBtoADPtheDETpotterNOUN,PUNCThePRONaskedVERBhimPRONtoPARTsellVERBtheDETkilnNOUNasSCONJitPRONwasVERB;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETpotterNOUNrepliedVERBthatSCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTsettleVERBaDETfairADJpriceNOUNtillSCONJtheDETpotsNOUNwereAUXburnedVERB,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTtellVERBhowADVmanyADJwouldAUXcomeVERBoutADVwholeADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 wordsnmod:poss
2wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur3 movednsubj
3movedmoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 heartdet
5heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing3 movedobj
6ofofADP_7 Rajahcase
7RajahRajahPROPNNumber=Sing5 heartnmod
8RasaluRasaluPROPNNumber=Sing7 Rajahflat
9,,PUNCT_17 askedpunct
10andandCCONJ_17 askedcc
11goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part17 askedadvcl
12totoADP_14 pottercase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 potterdet
14potterpotterNOUNNumber=Sing11 goingobl
15,,PUNCT_11 goingpunct
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 askednsubj
17askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 movedconj
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 askediobj
19totoPART_20 sellmark
20sellsellVERBVerbForm=Inf17 askedxcomp
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 kilndet
22kilnkilnNOUNNumber=Sing20 sellobj
23asasSCONJ_25 wasmark
24ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 wasnsubj
25wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 selladvcl
26;;PUNCT_30 repliedpunct
27butbutCCONJ_30 repliedcc
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 potterdet
29potterpotterNOUNNumber=Sing30 repliednsubj
30repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 movedparataxis
31thatthatSCONJ_35 settlemark
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 settlensubj
33couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin35 settleaux
34notnotPARTPolarity=Neg35 settleadvmod
35settlesettleVERBVerbForm=Inf30 repliedccomp
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 pricedet
37fairfairADJDegree=Pos38 priceamod
38pricepriceNOUNNumber=Sing35 settleobj
39tilltillSCONJ_43 burnedmark
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 potsdet
41potspotNOUNNumber=Plur43 burnednsubj:pass
42werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 burnedaux:pass
43burnedburnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass35 settleadvcl
44,,PUNCT_49 tellpunct
45asasSCONJ_49 tellmark
46hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 tellnsubj
47couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin49 tellaux
48notnotPARTPolarity=Neg49 telladvmod
49telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf43 burnedparataxis
50howhowADVPronType=Int51 manyadvmod
51manymanyADJDegree=Pos53 comensubj
52wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin53 comeaux
53comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf49 tellccomp
54outoutADV_53 comeadvmod
55wholewholeADJDegree=Pos53 comexcomp
56..PUNCT_3 movedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1movepastRasalu's wordsthe heart of Rajahvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent heart=Theme
2gogerundRajah not said herethe pottervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to potter=Initial_Location
3ask speech: askpastRajahSarkapvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4sell not said to happento-infinitiveRajah not said herethe kilnvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiln=Theme
5bepastheartvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6reply speech: assertpastthe pottervn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7not settlecouldRajaha fair pricevn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme price=Location
8burnpast · passivethe potsvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
9not tell speech: assertcouldRajahvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10come outwouldmanyout, whole propertyvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
11wordRasalunom word «communication 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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