The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 34
To hold this branch he had his goldsmiths make a beautiful box, and when sufficient time had elapsed he took it to the bamboo-cutter, asking him to tell the Princess that here was the branch of the wonderful jewel-tree that grew on the topmost height of Mount Horai.
Who acts: branch, goldsmiths, Princess, wonderful jewel tree · What happens: hold, have, make, elapse, take, ask · To what, where: branch, beautiful box, box, bamboo cutter, Princess, topmost height · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (branch, goldsmiths, Princess, wonderful jewel tree), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 hold | mark |
| 2 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 had | advcl |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 branch | det |
| 4 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hold | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 goldsmiths | nmod:poss |
| 8 | goldsmiths | goldsmith | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 make | nsubj |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 box | det |
| 11 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 box | amod |
| 12 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 elapsed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 elapsed | cc |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 elapsed | advmod |
| 16 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 time | amod |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 elapsed | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 elapsed | aux |
| 19 | elapsed | elapse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 took | advcl |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 took | nsubj |
| 21 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 make | parataxis |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 took | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 cutter | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 cutter | det |
| 25 | bamboo | bamboo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 cutter | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 bamboo | punct |
| 27 | cutter | cutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 took | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 asking | punct |
| 29 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 took | advcl |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 asking | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 tell | mark |
| 32 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 asking | xcomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Princess | det |
| 34 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 tell | obj |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 branch | nsubj |
| 36 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 branch | advmod |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 branch | cop |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 branch | det |
| 39 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Princess | acl:relcl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 tree | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 tree | det |
| 42 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 tree | amod |
| 43 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 tree | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 jewel | punct |
| 45 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 branch | nmod |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 grew | nsubj |
| 47 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 tree | acl:relcl |
| 48 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 height | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 height | det |
| 50 | topmost | topmost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 height | amod |
| 51 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 grew | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Mount | case |
| 53 | Mount | Mount | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 height | nmod |
| 54 | Horai | Horai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Mount | flat |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | to-infinitive | branch not said here | this branch | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | past | branch | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | make | present | branch's goldsmiths | a beautiful box | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Product | ||||
| 4 | elapse | past · perfect | branch not said here | time | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | take | past | branch | box | the bamboo cutter | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to cutter=Destination | |||
| 6 | ask speech: ask | gerund | branch not said here | branch | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | branch not said here | the Princess | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | is a | past | the Princess | the branch | here | of the wonderful jewel tree | tree rules | ||
| 9 | grow | past | the wonderful jewel tree | the topmost height of Mount | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on height=Location |
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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