Folk tales from Tibet, The Hare and the Lions., sentence 37
“I suppose,” went on the Hare, “you are anxious about Mr. Lion, but I am sorry to tell you that you are not likely to see him again for some time.
Who acts: Hare, you, I · What happens: suppose, go, be, tell, not be, see · To what, where: you, Hare · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Hare and the Lions.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hare, you, 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 suppose | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 suppose | nsubj |
| 3 | suppose | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 suppose | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 suppose | ccomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Hare | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Hare | det |
| 9 | Hare | Hare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 anxious | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 anxious | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 anxious | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 anxious | cop |
| 14 | anxious | anxious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 went | parataxis |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 Lion | case |
| 16 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Lion | nmod:desc |
| 17 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 anxious | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sorry | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 sorry | cc |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 sorry | nsubj |
| 21 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 sorry | cop |
| 22 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 suppose | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 tell | mark |
| 24 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 sorry | xcomp |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 tell | iobj |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 likely | mark |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 likely | nsubj |
| 28 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 likely | cop |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 likely | advmod |
| 30 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 tell | ccomp |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 see | mark |
| 32 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 likely | xcomp |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 see | obj |
| 34 | again | again | ADV | _ | 32 see | advmod |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 time | case |
| 36 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 time | det |
| 37 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 see | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 suppose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suppose in a quote | present | the Hare = hare | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | past | on the Hare | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | you | about Lion Mr.; anxious property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | I | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | not is in a quote | present | you | likely property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | Hare | again; time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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