Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 30
On his earlier visit the minister had learnt that the princess was very fond of toys; so he had brought for her a number of toys, in the making of which the people of his country were very skilled.
Who acts: minister, princess, people · What happens: learn, be, bring, visit · To what, where: earlier visit, number, making
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 (minister, princess, people), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 visit | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 visit | nmod:poss |
| 3 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 visit | amod |
| 4 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 learnt | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 minister | det |
| 6 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 learnt | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 learnt | aux |
| 8 | learnt | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 fond | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 princess | det |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fond | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 fond | cop |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 14 fond | advmod |
| 14 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 learnt | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 toys | case |
| 16 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 fond | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 brought | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 brought | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 brought | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 brought | aux |
| 21 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 learnt | conj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 her | case |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 brought | obl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 number | det |
| 25 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 brought | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 toys | case |
| 27 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 number | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 making | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 making | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 making | det |
| 31 | making | making | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 brought | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 which | case |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 skilled | obl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 people | det |
| 35 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 skilled | nsubj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 country | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 country | nmod:poss |
| 38 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 people | nmod |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 skilled | cop |
| 40 | very | very | ADV | _ | 41 skilled | advmod |
| 41 | skilled | skilled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 making | acl:relcl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 learnt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past · perfect | the minister | minister's earlier visit | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the princess | of toys; fond property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bring | past · perfect | minister | a number of toys | the making | for princess | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent number=Theme | ||
| 4 | is | past | the people of minister's country | of the making; skilled property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | visit | minister | nom visit «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: «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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