Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 219
During the meal the old man talked as one inspired; and as he talked, the prince’s servants filled his glass over and over again with drugged wine.
Who acts: old man, one, man, servants · What happens: talk, inspire, fill, drug · To what, where: glass
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old man, one, man, servants), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 meal | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meal | det |
| 3 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 talked | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 talked | nsubj |
| 7 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 inspired | mark |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 inspired | nsubj |
| 10 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 talked | xcomp |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 filled | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 filled | cc |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 talked | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 talked | nsubj |
| 15 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 filled | advcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 talked | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 prince | det |
| 18 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 servants | nmod:poss |
| 19 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 18 prince | case |
| 20 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 filled | nsubj |
| 21 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 talked | conj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 glass | nmod:poss |
| 23 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 filled | obj |
| 24 | over | over | ADV | _ | 21 filled | advmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 again | cc |
| 26 | over | over | ADV | _ | 27 again | advmod |
| 27 | again | again | ADV | _ | 24 over | conj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 wine | case |
| 29 | drugged | drug | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 wine | amod |
| 30 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 filled | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 talked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | past | the old man | during the meal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | inspire | participle | one | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | talk | past | man | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fill | past | the prince's servants | prince's glass | again | with drugged wine; over property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent glass=Patient with wine=Instrument | ||
| 5 | drug | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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: «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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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