Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 5
“Guard the throne for my son,” said the dying man, “and when he is of an age to rule by himself, give him seven of the eight keys; but do not give him the eighth until he has ruled for five years.”
Who acts: Guard · What happens: say, die, be, rule, give, not give · To what, where: dying man, seven, Guard, eighth · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Guard), 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 Guard | punct |
| 2 | Guard | Guard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 throne | det |
| 4 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Guard | appos |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 son | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 throne | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Guard | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Guard | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 man | det |
| 12 | dying | die | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 man | amod |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 “ | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 man | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 age | cc |
| 17 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 22 age | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 age | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 age | cop |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 age | case |
| 21 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 age | det |
| 22 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 “ | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 rule | mark |
| 24 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 age | acl |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 himself | case |
| 26 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 24 rule | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 give | punct |
| 28 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 rule | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 give | iobj |
| 30 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 give | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 keys | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 keys | det |
| 33 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 keys | nummod |
| 34 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 seven | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 give | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 give | cc |
| 37 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 39 give | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 give | advmod |
| 39 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 give | iobj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 eighth | det |
| 42 | eighth | eighth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 give | obj |
| 43 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 46 ruled | mark |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 ruled | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 ruled | aux |
| 46 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 give | advcl |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 years | case |
| 48 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 49 years | nummod |
| 49 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 ruled | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 give | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Guard | the dying man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | die | gerund | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Guard | of a age | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | rule in a quote | to-infinitive | Guard not said here | by Guard | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | give in a quote | infinitive | Guard not said here | seven of the eight keys | Guard | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient seven=Theme | |||
| 6 | not give in a quote | infinitive · do-support | the eighth | Guard | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient eighth=Theme | ||||
| 7 | rule in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Guard | year | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result |
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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