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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 8, sentence 44

Then he thought of that powerful Chinese King, Shiko, who built the great wall of China and many wonderful palaces, but who, in spite of his greatness and the luxury in which he lived, was never happy because he knew that some time he must die and give it all up.

Who acts: plenty, powerful Chinese King · What happens: think, build, live, not be, know, die · To what, where: great wall, luxury, spite, greatness · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plenty, powerful Chinese 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

advmodnsubjcasensubjamodamodoblpunctconjpunctnsubjacl:relcldetamodobjcasenmodccamodamodconjpunctccnsubjpunctcasensubjcasenmod:possnmodccdetconjcaseoblnsubjacl:relclpunctcopadvmodparataxismarknsubjadvclmarkdetobl:unmarkednsubjauxccompccconjobjdetcompound:prtpunctrootThenADVhePRONthoughtVERBofADPthatPRONpowerfulADJChineseADJKingPROPN,PUNCTShikoPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONbuiltVERBtheDETgreatADJwallNOUNofADPChinaPROPNandCCONJmanyADJwonderfulADJpalacesNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwhoPRON,PUNCTinADPspiteNOUNofADPhisPRONgreatnessNOUNandCCONJtheDETluxuryNOUNinADPwhichPRONhePRONlivedVERB,PUNCTwasAUXneverADVhappyADJbecauseSCONJhePRONknewVERBthatSCONJsomeDETtimeNOUNhePRONmustAUXdieVERBandCCONJgiveVERBitPRONallDETupADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem3 thoughtadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 thoughtnsubj
3thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ofofADP_8 Kingcase
5thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 Kingnsubj
6powerfulpowerfulADJDegree=Pos8 Kingamod
7ChineseChineseADJDegree=Pos8 Kingamod
8KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing3 thoughtobl
9,,PUNCT_10 Shikopunct
10ShikoShikoPROPNNumber=Sing8 Kingconj
11,,PUNCT_13 builtpunct
12whowhoPRONPronType=Rel13 builtnsubj
13builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 Kingacl:relcl
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 walldet
15greatgreatADJDegree=Pos16 wallamod
16wallwallNOUNNumber=Sing13 builtobj
17ofofADP_18 Chinacase
18ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing16 wallnmod
19andandCCONJ_22 palacescc
20manymanyADJDegree=Pos22 palacesamod
21wonderfulwonderfulADJDegree=Pos22 palacesamod
22palacespalaceNOUNNumber=Plur18 Chinaconj
23,,PUNCT_42 happypunct
24butbutCCONJ_42 happycc
25whowhoPRONPronType=Rel42 happynsubj
26,,PUNCT_28 spitepunct
27ininADP_28 spitecase
28spitespiteNOUNNumber=Sing25 whonsubj
29ofofADP_31 greatnesscase
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 greatnessnmod:poss
31greatnessgreatnessNOUNNumber=Sing28 spitenmod
32andandCCONJ_34 luxurycc
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 luxurydet
34luxuryluxuryNOUNNumber=Sing31 greatnessconj
35ininADP_36 whichcase
36whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel38 livedobl
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 livednsubj
38livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 luxuryacl:relcl
39,,PUNCT_25 whopunct
40wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 happycop
41neverneverADVPronType=Neg42 happyadvmod
42happyhappyADJDegree=Pos3 thoughtparataxis
43becausebecauseSCONJ_45 knewmark
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 knewnsubj
45knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 happyadvcl
46thatthatSCONJ_51 diemark
47somesomeDETPronType=Ind48 timedet
48timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing51 dieobl:unmarked
49hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 diensubj
50mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin51 dieaux
51diedieVERBVerbForm=Inf45 knewccomp
52andandCCONJ_53 givecc
53givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf51 dieconj
54ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 giveobj
55allallDETPronType=Tot54 itdet
56upupADP_53 givecompound:prt
57..PUNCT_3 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastplentythenof powerful Chinese King that and Shikovn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2buildpastpowerful Chinese King that and Shikothe great wall of China and many wonderful palacesvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product
3livepastplentythe luxuryvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location
4not ispastwho in spite of plenty's greatness and the luxury nsubj; happy propertytree rules
5knowpastplentyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6diemustplentytimevn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
7give upinfinitiveplenty not said herespitevn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source
8spiteplenty's greatness and the luxurynom spite «feeling 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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