Folk tales from Tibet, The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare., sentence 28
When these preparations were complete, he took a large sheet of paper in his hand, and, with a pen thrust behind his ear, he mounted upon the back of the Sheep, and the little procession started off down the path.
Who acts: preparations, Wolf, little procession · What happens: be, take, mount, start off · To what, where: large sheet, hand, back
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (preparations, Wolf, little procession), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 complete | advmod |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 preparations | det |
| 3 | preparations | preparation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 complete | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 complete | cop |
| 5 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 took | nsubj |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 complete | parataxis |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sheet | det |
| 10 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sheet | amod |
| 11 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 paper | case |
| 13 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sheet | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 hand | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hand | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 thrust | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 thrust | cc |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 thrust | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 thrust | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 thrust | det |
| 22 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 thrust | compound |
| 23 | thrust | thrust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obl |
| 24 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 26 ear | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 ear | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 thrust | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 mounted | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 mounted | nsubj |
| 29 | mounted | mount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 30 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 back | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 back | det |
| 32 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 mounted | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Sheep | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Sheep | det |
| 35 | Sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 back | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 started | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 started | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 procession | det |
| 39 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 procession | amod |
| 40 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 started | nsubj |
| 41 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 mounted | conj |
| 42 | off | off | ADP | _ | 41 started | compound:prt |
| 43 | down | down | ADP | _ | 45 path | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 path | det |
| 45 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 started | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 complete | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | this preparations | complete property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | past | Wolf | a large sheet of paper | Wolf's hand | with a pen thrust behind Wolf's ear | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheet=Value in hand=Location | ||
| 3 | mount | past | Wolf | the back of the Sheep | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon back=Destination | ||||
| 4 | start off | past | the little procession | down the path | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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