Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 104
“Give me”, she said, “that picture which the great painter at Delhi has made of you, on ivory, in green and gold: and the rest I will tell you when I come again from my journey.”
Who acts: you, Prithi, rest, my · What happens: give, say, make, tell, come, journey · To what, where: Prithi, great painter, ivory, you, journey · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Prithi, rest, my), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 2 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Give | iobj |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Give | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 picture | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 picture | punct |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 picture | det |
| 11 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | ccomp |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 made | obj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 painter | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 painter | amod |
| 15 | painter | painter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 made | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 Delhi | case |
| 17 | Delhi | Delhi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 painter | nmod |
| 18 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 made | aux |
| 19 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 picture | acl:relcl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 you | case |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 made | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ivory | punct |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 ivory | case |
| 24 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 made | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 green | punct |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 green | case |
| 27 | green | green | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 made | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 gold | cc |
| 29 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 green | conj |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 tell | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 tell | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 rest | det |
| 33 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tell | nsubj |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 tell | nsubj |
| 35 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 tell | aux |
| 36 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | conj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 tell | iobj |
| 38 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 40 come | advmod |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 come | nsubj |
| 40 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 tell | advcl |
| 41 | again | again | ADV | _ | 40 come | advmod |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 44 journey | case |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 journey | nmod:poss |
| 44 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 46 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | imperative | you not said here | Prithi | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Prithi | that picture ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present · perfect · passive | the great painter at Delhi | ivory | of you; in green and gold; that picture obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Product | |||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | future | the rest | you | I nsubj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 5 | come in a quote | present | Prithi | my journey | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | journey in a quote | my | nom journey «act 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: «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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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