The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 7, sentence 28

Now there was a poor man called Abibas, a wanderer with no place he could call home, who heard of the king’s proclamation, and he said to himself: “I am poor and have but little to lose; if I may overcome this princess and marry her I shall not only enrich myself, but will be able to assist my relatives and what friends I have.”

Who acts: poor man, man, king · What happens: be, call, hear, say, have, lose · To what, where: poor man, man, princess, relatives, friends · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor man, man, king), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 was	advmod
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 was	expl
3	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 was	nsubj
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 man	acl
8	Abibas	Abibas	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wanderer	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wanderer	det
11	wanderer	wanderer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	appos
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 place	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 place	det
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 call	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 call	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 call	aux
17	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanderer	parataxis
18	home	home	ADV	_	17 call	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 heard	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 heard	nsubj
21	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 call	parataxis
22	of	of	ADP	_	26 proclamation	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 king	det
24	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 proclamation	nmod:poss
25	’s	's	PART	_	24 king	case
26	proclamation	proclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 heard	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 said	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 said	cc
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 said	nsubj
30	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 heard	conj
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 himself	case
32	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	30 said	obl
33	:	:	PUNCT	_	37 poor	punct
34	“	"	PUNCT	_	37 poor	punct
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 poor	nsubj
36	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 poor	cop
37	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 said	ccomp
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 have	cc
39	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 poor	conj
40	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 little	cc
41	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 poor	conj
42	to	to	PART	_	43 lose	mark
43	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 little	xcomp
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 overcome	punct
45	if	if	SCONJ	_	48 overcome	mark
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 overcome	nsubj
47	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 overcome	aux
48	overcome	overcome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 call	parataxis
49	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	50 princess	det
50	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 overcome	obj
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 marry	cc
52	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 overcome	conj
53	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 marry	obj
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 enrich	nsubj
55	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 enrich	aux
56	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	58 enrich	advmod
57	only	only	ADV	_	58 enrich	advmod
58	enrich	enrich	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 marry	conj
59	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	58 enrich	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 able	punct
61	but	but	CCONJ	_	64 able	cc
62	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 able	aux
63	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 able	cop
64	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 call	parataxis
65	to	to	PART	_	66 assist	mark
66	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 able	xcomp
67	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 relatives	nmod:poss
68	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 assist	obj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 what	cc
70	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	66 assist	obj
71	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 what	nsubj
72	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	73 have	nsubj
73	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 friends	acl:relcl
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 call	punct
75	”	"	PUNCT	_	11 wanderer	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a poor man			there	now		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	participle		a poor man not said here				Abibas xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	call speech: assert	could	man					with no place; home property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	hear	past						of the king's proclamation; who nsubj	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of proclamation=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	past	man		man				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient
6	is in a quote	present	man					poor property	tree rules
7	have in a quote	present	man not said here						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	be in a quote		man not said here						tree rules
9	lose in a quote	to-infinitive	man not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	overcome a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	may	man	this princess					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme
11	marry in a quote	infinitive	man not said here	princess					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
12	not enrich in a quote	shall	man	man					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent myself=Destination
13	is in a quote	future						able property	tree rules
14	assist in a quote	to-infinitive		my relatives				what friends obj	tree rules
15	have in a quote	present	man	friends not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
16	proclaim		the king						nom proclamation «communication 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 7, sentence 28