The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 48
Nevertheless, after some bargaining, he consented at last to sell the kiln, and Rasalu, having searched all the pots, restored the kittens to their mother, and she in gratitude for his mercy, gave him one of them, saying, “Put it in your pocket, for it will help you when you are in difficulties.”
Who acts: some, many, Rasalu, pot, you · What happens: bargain, consent, sell, search, restore, give · To what, where: last, kiln, pots, kittens, mother, one · 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 (some, many, Rasalu, pot), 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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 8 consented | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nevertheless | punct |
| 3 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 bargaining | mark |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 bargaining | nsubj |
| 5 | bargaining | bargain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 consented | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bargaining | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 consented | nsubj |
| 8 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 last | case |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 consented | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 sell | mark |
| 12 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 consented | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 kiln | det |
| 14 | kiln | kiln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sell | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 searched | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 searched | cc |
| 17 | Rasalu | Rasalu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 searched | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Rasalu | punct |
| 19 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 searched | aux |
| 20 | searched | search | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 consented | advcl |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 pots | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 pots | det |
| 23 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 searched | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 restored | punct |
| 25 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 consented | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 kittens | det |
| 27 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 restored | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 mother | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 mother | nmod:poss |
| 30 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 restored | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 gave | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 gave | cc |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 gave | nsubj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 gratitude | case |
| 35 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 gave | obl |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 mercy | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 mercy | nmod:poss |
| 38 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 gratitude | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 gratitude | punct |
| 40 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 consented | conj |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 gave | iobj |
| 42 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 gave | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 them | case |
| 44 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 one | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 saying | punct |
| 46 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 gave | advcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Put | punct |
| 48 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 Put | punct |
| 49 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 saying | ccomp |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 Put | obj |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 pocket | case |
| 52 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 53 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 Put | obl | ||
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 help | punct |
| 55 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 58 help | mark |
| 56 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 help | nsubj |
| 57 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 help | aux |
| 58 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 Put | conj |
| 59 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 help | obj |
| 60 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 64 difficulties | advmod |
| 61 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 64 difficulties | nsubj |
| 62 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 difficulties | cop |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 difficulties | case |
| 64 | difficulties | difficulty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 help | obl |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 Put | punct |
| 66 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 Put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bargain | gerund | some | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | consent | past | many | last | nevertheless property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | sell | to-infinitive | many not said here | the kiln | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiln=Theme | ||||
| 4 | search | gerund · perfect | Rasalu | all pots | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pot=Location | ||||
| 5 | restore | past | many not said here | the kittens | kilns's mother | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kitten=Theme to mother=Recipient | |||
| 6 | give | past | Rasalu | one of kilns | many | gratitude for many's mercy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient one=Theme | ||
| 7 | say speech: assert | gerund | Rasalu not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | put in a quote | infinitive | pot | your pocket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination | ||||
| 9 | help in a quote | future | pot | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | ||||
| 10 | is in a quote | present | you | difficulties | tree rules |
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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