Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 152
And the dog strayed from the princes and lost his way, barking in the darkness for his masters, not far from the shrine of Ekalavya.
Who acts: dog · What happens: stray, lose, bark · To what, where: way, darkness
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 strayed | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 strayed | nsubj |
| 4 | strayed | stray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 princes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princes | det |
| 7 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 strayed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lost | cc |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 strayed | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 way | nmod:poss |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lost | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 barking | punct |
| 13 | barking | bark | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 lost | advcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 darkness | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 darkness | det |
| 16 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 barking | obl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 masters | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 masters | nmod:poss |
| 19 | masters | master | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 barking | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 far | punct |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 far | advmod |
| 22 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 barking | advmod |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 shrine | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 shrine | det |
| 25 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 far | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Ekalavya | case |
| 27 | Ekalavya | Ekalavya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 shrine | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 strayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stray | past | the dog | from the princes | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from prince=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | the dog not said here | dog's way | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | bark | gerund | the dog not said here | the darkness | for dog's masters; far property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for master=Recipient |
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: «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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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