Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 28
Again filling the vessel with merchandise, the king, the minister and the some band of trusty companions went on board and weighing anchor, they set sail for the distant land wherein the princess dwelt.
Who acts: king, companions, princess · What happens: fill, go, weigh, set, dwell · To what, where: vessel, board, anchor, sail
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, companions, princess), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 2 filling | advmod |
| 2 | filling | fill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 went | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 vessel | det |
| 4 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 filling | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 merchandise | case |
| 6 | merchandise | merchandise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 filling | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 king | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 went | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 minister | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 minister | det |
| 12 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 king | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 band | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 band | det |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 band | det |
| 16 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 king | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 companions | case |
| 18 | trusty | trusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 companions | amod |
| 19 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 band | nmod |
| 20 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 board | case |
| 22 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 went | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 weighing | cc |
| 24 | weighing | weigh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 went | conj |
| 25 | anchor | anchor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 weighing | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 set | punct |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 set | nsubj |
| 28 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 went | conj |
| 29 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 set | obj |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 land | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 land | det |
| 32 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 land | amod |
| 33 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 set | obl |
| 34 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 dwelt | advmod |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 princess | det |
| 36 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 dwelt | nsubj |
| 37 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 set | advcl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | gerund | the king and the minister and the band of trusty companions not said here | the vessel | again | with merchandise | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient with merchandise=Instrument | ||
| 2 | go | past | the king and the minister and the band of trusty companions | board | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on board=Location | ||||
| 3 | weigh | gerund | the king and the minister and the band of trusty companions not said here | anchor | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme anchor=Value | ||||
| 4 | set | past | companions = companion | sail | for the distant land | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sail=Patient for land=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | dwell | past | the princess | wherein property | 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: «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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