Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 8
When the prince came of age, he succeeded to a rich and prosperous kingdom and the minister handed over to him, just as the old king had desired, seven out of the eight keys.
Who acts: prince, minister, old king · What happens: come, succeed, hand over, desire · To what, where: prince, seven
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 (prince, minister, old 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 came | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 succeeded | advcl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 age | case |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 succeeded | nsubj |
| 9 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 kingdom | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 kingdom | det |
| 12 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 kingdom | amod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 prosperous | cc |
| 14 | prosperous | prosperous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rich | conj |
| 15 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 succeeded | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 handed | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 minister | det |
| 18 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 handed | nsubj |
| 19 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 succeeded | conj |
| 20 | over | over | ADP | _ | 19 handed | compound:prt |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 handed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 desired | punct |
| 24 | just | just | ADV | _ | 30 desired | advmod |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 desired | mark |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 king | det |
| 27 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 king | amod |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 desired | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 desired | aux |
| 30 | desired | desire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 handed | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 seven | punct |
| 32 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 desired | obl |
| 33 | out | out | ADP | _ | 37 keys | case |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 keys | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 keys | det |
| 36 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 keys | nummod |
| 37 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 seven | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 succeeded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the prince | of age | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of age=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | succeed | past | prince | to a rich kingdom | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hand over | participle | the minister | prince | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to he=Destination | ||||
| 4 | desire | past · perfect | the old king | seven out the eight keys | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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