Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 79
If someone were to hide himself in the bridal chamber until the poison fell and kissed the princess’ cheek, the king would be saved; nor would his saviour die either if he drank at once a large glass of milk.
Who acts: someone, poison, saviour, king · What happens: hide, fall, kiss, save, die, drink · To what, where: king, bridal chamber, princess cheek, large glass
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 (someone, poison, saviour, king), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 hide | mark |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 hide | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hide | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hide | mark |
| 5 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 hide | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 chamber | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chamber | det |
| 9 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chamber | amod |
| 10 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hide | obl |
| 11 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 14 fell | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 poison | det |
| 13 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fell | nsubj |
| 14 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hide | advcl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 kissed | cc |
| 16 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 fell | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 princess | det |
| 18 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 cheek | compound |
| 19 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 princess | punct |
| 20 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 kissed | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 saved | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 king | det |
| 23 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 saved | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 saved | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 saved | aux:pass |
| 26 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 fell | conj |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 die | punct |
| 28 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 32 die | cc |
| 29 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 die | aux |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 saviour | nmod:poss |
| 31 | saviour | saviour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 die | nsubj |
| 32 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hide | conj |
| 33 | either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 32 die | advmod |
| 34 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 36 drank | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 drank | nsubj |
| 36 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 die | advcl |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 glass | case |
| 38 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 41 glass | advmod |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 glass | det |
| 40 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 glass | amod |
| 41 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 drank | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 milk | case |
| 43 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 glass | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hide | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | someone | king | the bridal chamber | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in chamber=Location | |||
| 2 | fall | past | the poison | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | kiss | past | the poison not said here | princess cheek | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | save | would · passive | the king | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | die | would | king's saviour | either property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | drink a condition, not said to happen | past | king | a large glass of milk | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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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