Folk tales from Tibet, The Jackals and the Tiger., sentence 30
The Tiger was somewhat reassured on hearing what the Baboon had to say, but, even so, he was at first very reluctant to return again and to incur the danger of being eaten; but the Monkey encouraged him, and finally they set off together, the Monkey twisting his tail round the Tiger’s, in order to give him a feeling of support and confidence.
Who acts: Baboon, Monkey, people · What happens: reassure, hear, have, say, be, return · To what, where: Tiger, danger, Baboon, order, tail, feeling · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Jackals and the Tiger.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baboon, Monkey, people), 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 Tiger | det |
| 2 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 reassured | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reassured | aux:pass |
| 4 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 5 reassured | advmod |
| 5 | reassured | reassure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 7 hearing | mark |
| 7 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 reassured | advcl |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 hearing | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Baboon | det |
| 10 | Baboon | Baboon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 say | mark |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 had | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 reluctant | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 reluctant | cc |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 but | punct |
| 17 | even | even | ADV | _ | 18 so | advmod |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 reluctant | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 reluctant | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 reluctant | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 reluctant | cop |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 first | case |
| 23 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 25 reluctant | obl |
| 24 | very | very | ADV | _ | 25 reluctant | advmod |
| 25 | reluctant | reluctant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reassured | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 return | mark |
| 27 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 reluctant | xcomp |
| 28 | again | again | ADV | _ | 27 return | advmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 incur | cc |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 incur | mark |
| 31 | incur | incur | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 return | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 danger | det |
| 33 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 incur | obj |
| 34 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 36 eaten | mark |
| 35 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 eaten | aux:pass |
| 36 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 danger | acl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 encouraged | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 encouraged | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Monkey | det |
| 40 | Monkey | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 encouraged | nsubj |
| 41 | encouraged | encourage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reassured | conj |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 encouraged | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 set | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 set | cc |
| 45 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 47 set | advmod |
| 46 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 set | nsubj |
| 47 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 encouraged | conj |
| 48 | off | off | ADP | _ | 47 set | compound:prt |
| 49 | together | together | ADV | _ | 47 set | advmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 Monkey | punct |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Monkey | det |
| 52 | Monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 encouraged | obl |
| 53 | twisting | twist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 Monkey | acl |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 tail | nmod:poss |
| 55 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 twisting | obj |
| 56 | round | round | ADP | _ | 58 Tiger | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Tiger | det |
| 58 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 twisting | obl |
| 59 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 58 Tiger | case |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 order | punct |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 62 order | case |
| 62 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 encouraged | obl |
| 63 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 give | mark |
| 64 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 order | acl |
| 65 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 give | iobj |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 feeling | det |
| 67 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 give | obj |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 support | case |
| 69 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 feeling | nmod |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 confidence | cc |
| 71 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 support | conj |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 reassured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reassure | past · passive | the Tiger | somewhat property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | hear | gerund | what obj | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | have | past | the Baboon | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | the Baboon not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | past | Baboon | reluctant property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | return | to-infinitive | Baboon not said here | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | incur | to-infinitive | Baboon not said here | the danger | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | eat | gerund · passive | the danger not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 9 | encourage | past | the Monkey | Baboon | order | the Monkey obl | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||
| 10 | set off | past | people | finally, together property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | twist | gerund | the Monkey not said here | Monkey's tail | round the Tiger | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tail=Theme round tiger=Trajectory | |||
| 12 | give | to-infinitive | the Monkey not said here | a feeling of support and confidence | Baboon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feeling=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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