Folk tales from Tibet, The Jackals and the Tiger., sentence 39
When at length the Tiger paused, many miles away, to take breath, he looked back at his flanks, and all he saw of the Monkey was a bit of its tail which had broken off and was still twisted round his own.
Who acts: Tiger, Monkey · What happens: pause, take, look back, see, be, break off · To what, where: length, breath, tail, own
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 (Tiger, Monkey), 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 | 6 paused | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 length | case |
| 3 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paused | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tiger | det |
| 5 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 length | appos |
| 6 | paused | pause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 looked | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 paused | punct |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 miles | amod |
| 9 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 away | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 paused | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 take | punct |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 take | mark |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 paused | advcl |
| 14 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 paused | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 looked | nsubj |
| 17 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 looked | advmod |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 flanks | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 flanks | nmod:poss |
| 21 | flanks | flank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 looked | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 saw | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 saw | cc |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 saw | advmod |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 saw | nsubj |
| 26 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 looked | parataxis |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 bit | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Monkey | det |
| 29 | Monkey | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 bit | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 bit | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 bit | det |
| 32 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 saw | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 tail | case |
| 34 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 tail | nmod:poss |
| 35 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bit | nmod |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 broken | aux |
| 38 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 tail | acl:relcl |
| 39 | off | off | ADP | _ | 38 broken | compound:prt |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 twisted | cc |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 twisted | aux:pass |
| 42 | still | still | ADV | _ | 43 twisted | advmod |
| 43 | twisted | twist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 saw | conj |
| 44 | round | round | ADP | _ | 46 own | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 own | nmod:poss |
| 46 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 twisted | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pause | past | Tiger not said here | length | away property | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at length=Location | |||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | Tiger not said here | breath | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look back | past | Tiger | at Tiger's flanks | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at flank=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | past | Tiger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is | past | the Monkey | of a bit; of bit's tail | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | break off | past · perfect · passive | bit's tail | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 7 | twist | past · passive | Tiger not said here | Tiger's own | still | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: round own=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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