The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 7, sentence 49
She saw the consequence of her foolishness, and throwing away the piece of silk, flew on at such a pace that she soon overtook Abibas, whom she struck upon the arm, at the same time saying, “Fool, you shall _not_ marry me.”
Who acts: ROSAMOND, you · What happens: see, throw away, fly, overtake, strike, say · To what, where: consequence, piece, Abibas · 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 (ROSAMOND, you), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 consequence | det |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 foolishness | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 foolishness | nmod:poss |
| 7 | foolishness | foolishness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 throwing | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 throwing | cc |
| 10 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 saw | advcl |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 throwing | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 piece | det |
| 13 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 throwing | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 silk | case |
| 15 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 piece | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 flew | punct |
| 17 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 pace | case |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 pace | case |
| 20 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 pace | det:predet |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 pace | det |
| 22 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 flew | obl |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 overtook | mark |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 overtook | nsubj |
| 25 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 26 overtook | advmod |
| 26 | overtook | overtake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 flew | advcl |
| 27 | Abibas | Abibas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 overtook | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 struck | punct |
| 29 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 struck | obj |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 struck | nsubj |
| 31 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 Abibas | acl:relcl |
| 32 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 34 arm | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 arm | det |
| 34 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 struck | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 saying | punct |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 time | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 time | det |
| 38 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 time | amod |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 saying | obl |
| 40 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 struck | advcl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Fool | punct |
| 42 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 Fool | punct |
| 43 | Fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 saying | vocative |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 marry | punct |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 marry | nsubj |
| 46 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 marry | aux |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 50 marry | punct |
| 48 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 marry | advmod |
| 49 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 50 marry | punct |
| 50 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 51 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 marry | obj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 50 marry | punct |
| 53 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | ROSAMOND | the consequence of ROSAMOND's foolishness | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | throw away | gerund | ROSAMOND not said here | the piece of silk | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | |||
| 3 | fly | past | on such pace | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pace=Location | |||||
| 4 | overtake | past | ROSAMOND | Abibas | soon property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | strike | past | ROSAMOND | Abibas | upon the arm | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent whom=Instrument | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | gerund | ROSAMOND not said here | time | Fool vocative | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | not marry in a quote | shall | you | Abibas | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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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