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In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 11

Moved by pity, the priest persuaded the boys to let him have the kite in exchange for a fan that he was carrying; and he set the bird free.

Who acts: Moved pity, priest · What happens: move, persuade, let, have, carry, set · To what, where: boys, priest, kite, exchange, fan, bird

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Story of a Tengu[1]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moved pity, priest), 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

amodcasensubjpunctdetnsubjdetobjmarkadvclobjxcompdetobjcaseoblcasedetnmodmarknsubjauxaclpunctccnsubjconjdetobjxcomppunctrootMovedVERBbyADPpityNOUN,PUNCTtheDETpriestNOUNpersuadedVERBtheDETboysNOUNtoPARTletVERBhimPRONhaveVERBtheDETkiteNOUNinADPexchangeNOUNforADPaDETfanNOUNthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXcarryingVERB;PUNCTandCCONJhePRONsetVERBtheDETbirdNOUNfreeADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MovedmoveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 pityamod
2bybyADP_3 pitycase
3pitypityNOUNNumber=Sing7 persuadednsubj
4,,PUNCT_3 pitypunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 priestdet
6priestpriestNOUNNumber=Sing7 persuadednsubj
7persuadedpersuadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 boysdet
9boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur7 persuadedobj
10totoPART_11 letmark
11letletVERBVerbForm=Inf7 persuadedadvcl
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 letobj
13havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf11 letxcomp
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 kitedet
15kitekiteNOUNNumber=Sing13 haveobj
16ininADP_17 exchangecase
17exchangeexchangeNOUNNumber=Sing13 haveobl
18forforADP_20 fancase
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 fandet
20fanfanNOUNNumber=Sing17 exchangenmod
21thatthatSCONJ_24 carryingmark
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 carryingnsubj
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 carryingaux
24carryingcarryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 fanacl
25;;PUNCT_28 setpunct
26andandCCONJ_28 setcc
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 setnsubj
28setsetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 persuadedconj
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 birddet
30birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing28 setobj
31freefreeADJDegree=Pos28 setxcomp
32..PUNCT_7 persuadedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1moveparticiplevn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2persuadepastMoved pitythe boysthe priest nsubjvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
3letto-infinitiveMoved pity not said herepriesttree rules
4haveinfinitivepriest not said herethe kiteexchange for a fanvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kite=Patient
5carrypast · progressivepriesta fan not said herevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Theme
6setpastpriestthe birdfree propertyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient bird=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: «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Project Gutenberg book 8128 (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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