The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 22, sentence 17
As soon as he was far enough away from the sack (and it was the part of the goat to lead him as far away as possible) the weasel would again put his sharp teeth into use, and gnaw through the cord which would be tied around the mouth of the sack, and so free their friend.
Who acts: hunter, sack, weasel · What happens: be, lead, put, gnaw, tie · To what, where: sack, part, hunter, sharp teeth, use, cord
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hunter, sack, weasel), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 away | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 away | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 away | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 away | cop |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 enough | advmod |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 34 put | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 sack | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sack | det |
| 11 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 away | obl |
| 12 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 part | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 part | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 part | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 part | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 part | det |
| 17 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sack | appos |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 goat | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 goat | det |
| 20 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 part | nmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 lead | mark |
| 22 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 part | acl |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 lead | obj |
| 24 | as | as | ADV | _ | 25 far | advmod |
| 25 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 26 away | advmod |
| 26 | away | away | ADV | _ | 22 lead | advmod |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 possible | mark |
| 28 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 away | advcl |
| 29 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 part | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 weasel | det |
| 31 | weasel | weasel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 put | nsubj |
| 32 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 put | aux |
| 33 | again | again | ADV | _ | 34 put | advmod |
| 34 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 36 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 teeth | amod |
| 37 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 put | obj |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 use | case |
| 39 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 put | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 gnaw | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 gnaw | cc |
| 42 | gnaw | gnaw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 put | parataxis |
| 43 | through | through | ADP | _ | 45 cord | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 cord | det |
| 45 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 gnaw | obl |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 tied | aux |
| 48 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 49 tied | aux:pass |
| 49 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 cord | acl:relcl |
| 50 | around | around | ADP | _ | 52 mouth | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 mouth | det |
| 52 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 tied | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 sack | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 sack | det |
| 55 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 mouth | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 free | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 free | cc |
| 58 | so | so | ADV | _ | 59 free | advmod |
| 59 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 gnaw | conj |
| 60 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 friend | nmod:poss |
| 61 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 free | nsubj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | hunter | the sack | away, enough, soon property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | past | sack | the part | of the goat | tree rules | |||
| 3 | lead | to-infinitive | hunter not said here | hunter | away property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 4 | put | would | the weasel | hunter's sharp teeth | use | again | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tooth=Goal | ||
| 5 | gnaw | present | the cord | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | tie | would · passive | the cord | the mouth of the sack | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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