Folk tales from Tibet, Opening, sentence 11
In presenting these little stories to the public, it may perhaps be of interest if I describe how I came by them.
Who acts: public, I · What happens: present, be, describe, come · To what, where: little stories, public
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (public, I), 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 | In | in | SCONJ | _ | 2 presenting | mark |
| 2 | presenting | present | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 interest | advcl |
| 3 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 stories | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stories | amod |
| 5 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 presenting | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 public | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 public | det |
| 8 | public | public | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 presenting | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 presenting | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 interest | nsubj |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 interest | aux |
| 12 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 15 interest | advmod |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 interest | cop |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 interest | case |
| 15 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 18 describe | mark |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 describe | nsubj |
| 18 | describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 interest | advcl |
| 19 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 came | advmod |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 came | nsubj |
| 21 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 describe | ccomp |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 them | case |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 came | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 interest | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present | gerund | public not said here | this little stories | the public | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Theme to public=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | may | public | of interest; perhaps property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | describe a condition, not said to happen | present | I | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | come | past | I | by stories = story | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by they=Location |
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 from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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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