Folk tales from Tibet, The Hare and the Lions., sentence 42
The Lioness, following closely at his heels, was so blind with rage that she did not see that she was being led into a trap; so she rushed head-foremost into the opening in the wall, and before she had time to stop herself was wedged tightly in the tapering hole.
Who acts: Lioness · What happens: follow, be, not see, lead, rush, foremost · To what, where: heels, Lioness, trap, opening, time, tapering hole · 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 (Lioness), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lioness | det |
| 2 | Lioness | lioness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blind | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Lioness | acl |
| 5 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 4 following | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 heels | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heels | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heels | heel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 following | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Lioness | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 blind | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 blind | advmod |
| 12 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 rage | case |
| 14 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blind | obl |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 see | mark |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 see | nsubj |
| 17 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 see | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 see | advmod |
| 19 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 blind | advcl |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 led | mark |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 led | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 led | aux:pass |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 led | aux:pass |
| 24 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 see | ccomp |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 trap | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 trap | det |
| 27 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 led | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 rushed | punct |
| 29 | so | so | ADV | _ | 31 rushed | advmod |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 rushed | nsubj |
| 31 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 blind | parataxis |
| 32 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 foremost | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 head | punct |
| 34 | foremost | foremost | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 rushed | ccomp |
| 35 | into | into | ADP | _ | 37 opening | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 opening | det |
| 37 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 foremost | obl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 wall | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 wall | det |
| 40 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 opening | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 had | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 had | cc |
| 43 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 45 had | mark |
| 44 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 had | nsubj |
| 45 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 blind | parataxis |
| 46 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 wedged | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 stop | mark |
| 48 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 time | acl |
| 49 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 48 stop | obj |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 wedged | aux:pass |
| 51 | wedged | wedge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 had | parataxis |
| 52 | tightly | tightly | ADV | _ | 51 wedged | advmod |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 hole | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 hole | det |
| 55 | tapering | tapering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hole | compound |
| 56 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 wedged | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 blind | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | the Lioness not said here | Hare's heels | closely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at heel=Location | |||
| 2 | is | past | the Lioness | with rage; blind property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not see | past · do-support | Lioness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | lead | past · passive | Lioness | a trap | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into trap=Destination | ||||
| 5 | rush | past | Lioness | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | |||||
| 6 | foremost | participle | Lioness not said here | the opening in the wall | head compound | tree rules | |||
| 7 | have | past | Lioness | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | stop | to-infinitive | Lioness | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality herself=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | wedge | past · passive | time | the tapering hole | tightly property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in hole=Trajectory |
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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