Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Wisdom Seller., sentence 102
The king knew the advice to be excellent and dismissing the young Brahman, he had the words embroidered on all his clothes and engraved on all his plates, cups and dishes.
Who acts: king · What happens: know, be, dismiss, have, embroider, engrave · To what, where: advice, young Brahman, words, clothes, plates
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Wisdom Seller.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 advice | det |
| 5 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 excellent | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 excellent | cop |
| 8 | excellent | excellent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 advice | acl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 dismissing | cc |
| 10 | dismissing | dismiss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 excellent | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Brahman | det |
| 12 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Brahman | amod |
| 13 | Brahman | Brahman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 dismissing | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 had | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 had | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 words | det |
| 18 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 had | obj |
| 19 | embroidered | embroider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 words | acl |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 clothes | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 clothes | det:predet |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 23 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 19 embroidered | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 engraved | cc |
| 25 | engraved | engrave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 embroidered | conj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 plates | case |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 plates | det:predet |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 plates | nmod:poss |
| 29 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 engraved | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 cups | punct |
| 31 | cups | cup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 plates | conj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 dishes | cc |
| 33 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 plates | conj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the king | the advice | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer advice=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | the king not said here | the advice not said here | excellent property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | dismiss | gerund | the king not said here | the young Brahman | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brahman=Theme | ||||
| 4 | have | past | king | the words | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 5 | embroider | participle | the words not said here | king's clothes | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | ||||
| 6 | engrave | participle | king's plates and cups and dishes | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on plate=Destination |
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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