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Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 83

But presently, the poison taking effect, he fell to the ground stone dead, and the Boy, pulling the string which was attached to the Mouse’s tail, guided her out of the Elephant’s trunk till she reached the open air.

Who acts: poison, Elephant, Boy, Mouse · What happens: take, fall, pull, attach, guide, reach · To what, where: effect, string, Mouse, trunk, open air

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 (poison, Elephant, Boy, Mouse), 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

ccadvmodpunctdetoblaclobjpunctnsubjcasedetcompoundoblamodpunctccdetnsubjpunctacldetobjnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctconjobjcasecasedetnmod:posscaseoblmarknsubjadvcldetamodobjpunctrootButCCONJpresentlyADV,PUNCTtheDETpoisonNOUNtakingVERBeffectNOUN,PUNCThePRONfellVERBtoADPtheDETgroundNOUNstoneNOUNdeadADJ,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETBoyPROPN,PUNCTpullingVERBtheDETstringNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXattachedVERBtoADPtheDETMouseNOUN’sPARTtailNOUN,PUNCTguidedVERBherPRONoutADPofADPtheDETElephantPROPN’sPARTtrunkNOUNtillSCONJshePRONreachedVERBtheDETopenADJairNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_10 fellcc
2presentlypresentlyADV_10 felladvmod
3,,PUNCT_5 poisonpunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 poisondet
5poisonpoisonNOUNNumber=Sing2 presentlyobl
6takingtakeVERBVerbForm=Ger5 poisonacl
7effecteffectNOUNNumber=Sing6 takingobj
8,,PUNCT_10 fellpunct
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 fellnsubj
10fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11totoADP_14 stonecase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 stonedet
13groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing14 stonecompound
14stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing10 fellobl
15deaddeadADJDegree=Pos14 stoneamod
16,,PUNCT_33 guidedpunct
17andandCCONJ_33 guidedcc
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 Boydet
19BoyBoyPROPNNumber=Sing33 guidednsubj
20,,PUNCT_21 pullingpunct
21pullingpullVERBVerbForm=Ger19 Boyacl
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 stringdet
23stringstringNOUNNumber=Sing21 pullingobj
24whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel26 attachednsubj:pass
25wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 attachedaux:pass
26attachedattachVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass23 stringacl:relcl
27totoADP_31 tailcase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 Mousedet
29MousemouseNOUNNumber=Sing31 tailnmod:poss
30’s'sPART_29 Mousecase
31tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing26 attachedobl
32,,PUNCT_19 Boypunct
33guidedguideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 fellconj
34hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 guidedobj
35outoutADP_40 trunkcase
36ofofADP_40 trunkcase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 Elephantdet
38ElephantElephantPROPNNumber=Sing40 trunknmod:poss
39’s'sPART_38 Elephantcase
40trunktrunkNOUNNumber=Sing33 guidedobl
41tilltillSCONJ_43 reachedmark
42sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 reachednsubj
43reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 guidedadvcl
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 airdet
45openopenADJDegree=Pos46 airamod
46airairNOUNNumber=Sing43 reachedobj
47..PUNCT_10 fellpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takegerundthe poison not said hereeffectvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme
2fallpastElephantto the ground stone; presently propertyvn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to stone=Theme
3pullgerundthe Boy not said herethe stringvn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme
4attachpast · passivethe stringto the Mouse's tailvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to tail=Co-Patient
5guidepastthe BoyMousethe Elephant's trunkvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme out trunk=Destination
6reachpastMousethe open airvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent air=Theme

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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