The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 24, sentence 105
So the old man was brought, and when he looked out upon the ships he saw that the flags were those of the father of Bantugan who had been a great friend of his in his youth.
Who acts: man, flags, father · What happens: bring, look out, see, be · To what, where: old man, those, great friend
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, flags, father), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 brought | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brought | aux:pass |
| 6 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 saw | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 saw | cc |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 looked | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 looked | nsubj |
| 11 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 saw | parataxis |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 looked | compound:prt |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 15 ships | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ships | det |
| 15 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 looked | obl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 saw | nsubj |
| 17 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brought | conj |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 those | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 flags | det |
| 20 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 those | nsubj |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 those | cop |
| 22 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 17 saw | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 father | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 father | det |
| 25 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 those | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Bantugan | case |
| 27 | Bantugan | Bantugan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 father | nmod |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 friend | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 friend | aux |
| 30 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 friend | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 friend | det |
| 32 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 friend | amod |
| 33 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 father | conj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 youth | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 youth | nmod:poss |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 youth | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 youth | nmod:poss |
| 38 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 friend | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · passive | the old man | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 2 | look out | past | man | upon the ships | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | see | past | man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | the flags | those | of the father of Bantugan and a great friend | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is a | past · perfect | the father of Bantugan and a great friend | a great friend | of father's youth | 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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