The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 23, sentence 1
At first they said they could do nothing for him and told him to go away and not disturb them; but Wang Chih would not go, and they found the only way to get rid of him was to give him some really good advice.
Who acts: they, Wang Chih, only way, some · What happens: say, do, tell, go away, not disturb, not go · To what, where: nothing, him, them, Chih · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, Wang Chih, only way, some), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 said | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 do | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 told | cc |
| 12 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 told | iobj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 go | mark |
| 15 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 told | xcomp |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 go | advmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 disturb | cc |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 disturb | advmod |
| 19 | disturb | disturb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 go | conj |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 disturb | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 go | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 go | cc |
| 23 | Wang | Wang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Chih | compound |
| 24 | Chih | Chih | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 go | nsubj |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 go | aux |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 go | advmod |
| 27 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 found | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 found | cc |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 found | nsubj |
| 31 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 way | det |
| 33 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 way | amod |
| 34 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 give | nsubj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 get | mark |
| 36 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 way | acl |
| 37 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 get | xcomp |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 rid | obl |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 give | aux |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 give | mark |
| 42 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 found | ccomp |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 give | iobj |
| 44 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 47 advice | nsubj |
| 45 | really | really | ADV | _ | 46 good | advmod |
| 46 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 advice | amod |
| 47 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 give | parataxis |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | they | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | could | they | nothing | for him = he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | they not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go away not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not disturb | infinitive | they not said here | them = they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | not go | would | Wang Chih | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | find | past | they | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | get | to-infinitive | the only way not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | give | past | the only way | Chih | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 10 | advice | some | 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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