Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 104
“Let me see the face of the Princess Lady, just for a breathing-space, not openly, but in a mirror--so that I may have in my soul a vision of the Perfectly Beautiful, to help me in the days that remain.”
Who acts: you, din, days · What happens: let, see, have, help, remain · To what, where: din, mirror, face, vision, soul
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, din, days), 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 Let | punct |
| 2 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Let | obj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 face | det |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Lady | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Lady | det |
| 9 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Lady | compound |
| 10 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 face | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 space | punct |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 space | advmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 space | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 space | det |
| 15 | breathing | breathing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 space | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 breathing | punct |
| 17 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | parataxis |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 openly | punct |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 openly | advmod |
| 20 | openly | openly | ADV | _ | 17 space | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 mirror | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 mirror | cc |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 mirror | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 mirror | det |
| 25 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Let | obl |
| 26 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 31 have | punct |
| 27 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 31 have | mark |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 so | fixed |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 have | nsubj |
| 30 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 have | aux |
| 31 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Let | conj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 soul | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 soul | nmod:poss |
| 34 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 have | obl |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 vision | det |
| 36 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 have | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Beautiful | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Beautiful | det |
| 39 | Perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 40 Beautiful | advmod |
| 40 | Beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 vision | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 help | punct |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 help | mark |
| 43 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 31 have | parataxis |
| 44 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 help | obj |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 days | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 days | det |
| 47 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 help | obl |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 remain | nsubj |
| 49 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 days | acl:relcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | imperative | you not said here | din | a mirror | tree rules | |||
| 2 | see in a quote | infinitive | din not said here | the face of the Princess Lady | a breathing space parataxis | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | have in a quote | may | din | a vision of the Beautiful | my soul | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Patient | |||
| 4 | help in a quote | to-infinitive | din | day | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | remain in a quote | present | the days | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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