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Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 2

Finding that she was about to be delivered of a child, the Mouse prayed to the gods that her offspring might be very strong; and when the child was born it appeared in the form of a young Tiger.

Who acts: Mouse, offspring, it · What happens: find, be, deliver, pray, bear, appear · To what, where: child, form, young Tiger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Mouse’s Three Children.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mouse, offspring, it), 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

advclmarknsubjcopccompmarkaux:passxcompcasedetoblpunctdetnsubjcasedetoblmarknmod:possnsubjauxcopadvmodadvclpunctccadvmoddetnsubj:passaux:passconjnsubjccompcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootFindingVERBthatSCONJshePRONwasAUXaboutADJtoPARTbeAUXdeliveredVERBofADPaDETchildNOUN,PUNCTtheDETMousePROPNprayedVERBtoADPtheDETgodsNOUNthatSCONJherPRONoffspringNOUNmightAUXbeAUXveryADVstrongADJ;PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVtheDETchildNOUNwasAUXbornVERBitPRONappearedVERBinADPtheDETformNOUNofADPaDETyoungADJTigerPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FindingfindVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part15 prayedadvcl
2thatthatSCONJ_5 aboutmark
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 aboutnsubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 aboutcop
5aboutaboutADJDegree=Pos1 Findingccomp
6totoPART_8 deliveredmark
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 deliveredaux:pass
8delivereddeliverVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 aboutxcomp
9ofofADP_11 childcase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 childdet
11childchildNOUNNumber=Sing8 deliveredobl
12,,PUNCT_1 Findingpunct
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 Mousedet
14MouseMousePROPNNumber=Sing15 prayednsubj
15prayedprayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16totoADP_18 godscase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 godsdet
18godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur15 prayedobl
19thatthatSCONJ_25 strongmark
20herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 offspringnmod:poss
21offspringoffspringNOUNNumber=Sing25 strongnsubj
22mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin25 strongaux
23bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf25 strongcop
24veryveryADV_25 strongadvmod
25strongstrongADJDegree=Pos15 prayedadvcl
26;;PUNCT_32 bornpunct
27andandCCONJ_32 borncc
28whenwhenADVPronType=Int32 bornadvmod
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 childdet
30childchildNOUNNumber=Sing32 bornnsubj:pass
31wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 bornaux:pass
32bornbearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 prayedconj
33ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 appearednsubj
34appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 bornccomp
35ininADP_37 formcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 formdet
37formformNOUNNumber=Sing34 appearedobl
38ofofADP_41 Tigercase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 Tigerdet
40youngyoungADJDegree=Pos41 Tigeramod
41TigerTigerPROPNNumber=Sing37 formnmod
42..PUNCT_15 prayedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findgerundthe Mouse not said herevn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2ispastMouseabout propertytree rules
3deliverto-infinitive · passiveMouse not said hereof a childvn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: of child=Initial_Location
4praypastthe Mouseto the godsvn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5ismightMouse's offspringstrong propertytree rules
6bearpast · passivethe childtree rules
7appearpastitthe form of a young Tigervn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location
8forma young Tigernom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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