The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 26, sentence 94

So great became his admiration for this man, whoever he might be, that it became his greatest desire to know him, and to thank him for all the pleasure he had received from just being there, and for the opportunity allowed him to study the marvels that were all about him.

Who acts: great, man, GARDEN, gardener, marvels · What happens: become, be, know, thank, receive, allow · To what, where: admiration, whoever, greatest desire, gardener, pleasure, marvels

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great, man, GARDEN, gardener), 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	_	3 became	advmod
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 admiration	nmod:poss
5	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 man	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whoever	punct
10	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 man	acl:relcl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 be	nsubj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 be	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 whoever	cop
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 became	punct
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 became	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 became	nsubj
17	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 desire	nmod:poss
19	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 desire	amod
20	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 became	xcomp
21	to	to	PART	_	22 know	mark
22	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 became	advcl
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 know	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 thank	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 thank	cc
26	to	to	PART	_	27 thank	mark
27	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 became	conj
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 thank	obj
29	for	for	ADP	_	32 pleasure	case
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	32 pleasure	det:predet
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 pleasure	det
32	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 thank	obl
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 received	nsubj
34	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 received	aux
35	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 pleasure	acl:relcl
36	from	from	ADP	_	39 there	case
37	just	just	ADV	_	39 there	advmod
38	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 there	cop
39	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	35 received	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 allowed	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 allowed	cc
42	for	for	ADP	_	44 opportunity	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 opportunity	det
44	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 allowed	obl
45	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 allowed	iobj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 study	mark
48	study	study	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 allowed	xcomp
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 marvels	det
50	marvels	marvel	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 study	obj
51	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 him	nsubj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 him	cop
53	all	all	ADV	_	55 him	advmod
54	about	about	ADP	_	55 him	case
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 marvels	acl:relcl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	become	past	great	gardener's admiration		for this man	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	is a	infinitive	this man not said here	whoever			tree rules
3	become	past	GARDEN	gardener's greatest desire			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	know	to-infinitive	GARDEN not said here	gardener			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5	thank speech: thank	to-infinitive	great not said here		gardener	for all pleasure	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for pleasure=Attribute
6	receive	past · perfect	gardener	all pleasure not said here			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme
7	is	gerund				there property	tree rules
8	allow	past	great not said here		gardener	for the opportunity	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
9	study not said to happen	to-infinitive	great not said here	the marvels			vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marvel=Topic
10	is	past	the marvels			about gardener; all property	tree rules
11	admire		gardener				nom admiration «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
12	desire		gardener				nom desire «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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🌲 The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 26, sentence 94

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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 26, sentence 94