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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 7, sentence 32

And, lastly, he secured a silken bag in which he placed a gilded ball on which was written: “Whosoever plays with me shall never tire of play.”

Who acts: man, Whosoever · What happens: secure, place, gild, write, play, not tire · To what, where: silken bag, gilded ball

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 (man, Whosoever), 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

ccpunctparataxispunctnsubjdetamodobjcaseoblnsubjacl:relcldetamodobjcaseoblaux:passacl:relclpunctpunctnsubjconjcaseoblauxadvmodconjcaseoblpunctpunctrootAndCCONJ,PUNCTlastlyADJ,PUNCThePRONsecuredVERBaDETsilkenADJbagNOUNinADPwhichPRONhePRONplacedVERBaDETgildedVERBballNOUNonADPwhichPRONwasAUXwrittenVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTWhosoeverPRONplaysVERBwithADPmePRONshallAUXneverADVtireVERBofADPplayNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_6 securedcc
2,,PUNCT_3 lastlypunct
3lastlylastlyADJDegree=Pos6 securedparataxis
4,,PUNCT_3 lastlypunct
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 securednsubj
6securedsecureVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 bagdet
8silkensilkenADJDegree=Pos9 bagamod
9bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing6 securedobj
10ininADP_11 whichcase
11whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel13 placedobl
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 placednsubj
13placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 bagacl:relcl
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 balldet
15gildedgildVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 ballamod
16ballballNOUNNumber=Sing13 placedobj
17ononADP_18 whichcase
18whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 writtenobl
19wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 writtenaux:pass
20writtenwriteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 ballacl:relcl
21::PUNCT_24 playspunct
22“"PUNCT_24 playspunct
23WhosoeverwhosoeverPRONPronType=Rel24 playsnsubj
24playsplayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 securedconj
25withwithADP_26 mecase
26meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 playsobl
27shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin29 tireaux
28neverneverADVPronType=Neg29 tireadvmod
29tiretireVERBVerbForm=Inf24 playsconj
30ofofADP_31 playcase
31playplayNOUNNumber=Sing29 tireobl
32..PUNCT_24 playspunct
33”"PUNCT_24 playspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1securepastmana silken bagvn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bag=Theme
2placepastmana gilded balla silken bagvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme in which=Destination
3gildparticiplevn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
4writepast · passivea gilded ballvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: on which=Destination
5play in a quotepresentWhosoeverwith manvn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with i=Co-Agent
6not tire in a quoteshallWhosoever not said hereof playvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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