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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 47

The task of the fourth knight was to find the dragon whose right eye was a many-colored stone, but instead of seeking it himself he called several of his retainers together, and ordered them to search through China and Japan, and not to return unless they brought it with them.

Who acts: task, right eye, dragon, knights · What happens: be, color, seek, call, order, search · To what, where: colored stone, eye, knights, China, fourth knight · 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 (task, right eye, dragon, knights), 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

detnsubjcasedetamodnmodcopmarkdetobjnmod:possamodnsubjcopdetcompoundpunctamodacl:relclpunctccmarkfixedadvclobjoblnsubjparataxisxcompcasenmod:possobladvmodpunctccadvclobjmarkxcompcaseoblccconjpunctccadvmodmarkparataxismarknsubjadvclobjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETtaskNOUNofADPtheDETfourthADJknightNOUNwasAUXtoPARTfindVERBtheDETdragonNOUNwhosePRONrightADJeyeNOUNwasAUXaDETmanyADJ-PUNCTcoloredVERBstoneNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJinsteadADVofADPseekingVERBitPRONhimselfPRONhePRONcalledVERBseveralADJofADPhisPRONretainersNOUNtogetherADV,PUNCTandCCONJorderedVERBthemPRONtoPARTsearchVERBthroughADPChinaPROPNandCCONJJapanPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARTtoPARTreturnVERBunlessSCONJtheyPRONbroughtVERBitPRONwithADPthemPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 taskdet
2tasktaskNOUNNumber=Sing9 findnsubj
3ofofADP_6 knightcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 knightdet
5fourthfourthADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord6 knightamod
6knightknightNOUNNumber=Sing2 tasknmod
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 findcop
8totoPART_9 findmark
9findfindVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 dragondet
11dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing9 findobj
12whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel14 eyenmod:poss
13rightrightADJDegree=Pos14 eyeamod
14eyeeyeNOUNNumber=Sing20 stonensubj
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 stonecop
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 stonedet
17manymanyADJDegree=Pos19 coloredcompound
18--PUNCT_17 manypunct
19coloredcolorVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 stoneamod
20stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing11 dragonacl:relcl
21,,PUNCT_29 calledpunct
22butbutCCONJ_29 calledcc
23insteadinsteadADVExtPos=SCONJ25 seekingmark
24ofofADP_23 insteadfixed
25seekingseekVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 calledadvcl
26ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 seekingobj
27himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes25 seekingobl
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 callednsubj
29calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 findparataxis
30severalseveralADJDegree=Pos29 calledxcomp
31ofofADP_33 retainerscase
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 retainersnmod:poss
33retainersretainerNOUNNumber=Plur30 severalobl
34togethertogetherADV_29 calledadvmod
35,,PUNCT_37 orderedpunct
36andandCCONJ_37 orderedcc
37orderedorderVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 findadvcl
38themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs37 orderedobj
39totoPART_40 searchmark
40searchsearchVERBVerbForm=Inf37 orderedxcomp
41throughthroughADP_42 Chinacase
42ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing40 searchobl
43andandCCONJ_44 Japancc
44JapanJapanPROPNNumber=Sing42 Chinaconj
45,,PUNCT_49 returnpunct
46andandCCONJ_49 returncc
47notnotPARTPolarity=Neg49 returnadvmod
48totoPART_49 returnmark
49returnreturnVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 findparataxis
50unlessunlessSCONJ_52 broughtmark
51theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs52 broughtnsubj
52broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 returnadvcl
53ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 broughtobj
54withwithADP_55 themcase
55themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs52 broughtobl
56..PUNCT_9 findpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe task of the fourth knightthe dragon obj; find propertytree rules
2colorparticiplevn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3is apasta colored stone's right eyea colored stonetree rules
4seekgerunddragon not said hereeyedragon oblvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5callpastdragonseveral, together propertyvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6orderpastthe task of the fourth knight not said hereknights = knightvn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
7search not said to happento-infinitivethe task of the fourth knight not said hereChina and Japanvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through china=Location
8not returnto-infinitivevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9bring a condition, not said to happenpastknights = knighteyewith tasks = taskvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme
10taskthe fourth knightnom task «act transitive»: of=patient

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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