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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 48

The boy was overcome with joy when he saw the lovely wife that had been brought to him; but the girl was horrified at his ugly appearance, and begged her father to take her back to her abode in the skies.

Who acts: Boy · What happens: overcome, see, bring, horrify, beg, take · To what, where: boy, lovely wife, girl, ugly appearance, father, back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Boy), 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

detnsubj:passaux:passcaseobladvmodnsubjadvcldetamodobjnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclcaseoblpunctccdetnsubj:passaux:passconjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctccconjnmod:possobjmarkccompnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETboyNOUNwasAUXovercomeVERBwithADPjoyNOUNwhenADVhePRONsawVERBtheDETlovelyADJwifeNOUNthatPRONhadAUXbeenAUXbroughtVERBtoADPhimPRON;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETgirlNOUNwasAUXhorrifiedVERBatADPhisPRONuglyADJappearanceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbeggedVERBherPRONfatherNOUNtoPARTtakeVERBherPRONbackNOUNtoADPherPRONabodeNOUNinADPtheDETskiesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing4 overcomensubj:pass
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 overcomeaux:pass
4overcomeovercomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5withwithADP_6 joycase
6joyjoyNOUNNumber=Sing4 overcomeobl
7whenwhenADVPronType=Int9 sawadvmod
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 sawnsubj
9sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 overcomeadvcl
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 wifedet
11lovelylovelyADJDegree=Pos12 wifeamod
12wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing9 sawobj
13thatthatPRONPronType=Rel16 broughtnsubj:pass
14hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 broughtaux
15beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part16 broughtaux:pass
16broughtbringVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 wifeacl:relcl
17totoADP_18 himcase
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 broughtobl
19;;PUNCT_24 horrifiedpunct
20butbutCCONJ_24 horrifiedcc
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 girldet
22girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing24 horrifiednsubj:pass
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 horrifiedaux:pass
24horrifiedhorrifyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 overcomeconj
25atatADP_28 appearancecase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 appearancenmod:poss
27uglyuglyADJDegree=Pos28 appearanceamod
28appearanceappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing24 horrifiedobl
29,,PUNCT_31 beggedpunct
30andandCCONJ_31 beggedcc
31beggedbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 overcomeconj
32herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 fathernmod:poss
33fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing31 beggedobj
34totoPART_35 takemark
35taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf31 beggedccomp
36herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 backnmod:poss
37backbackNOUNNumber=Sing35 takeobj
38totoADP_40 abodecase
39herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 abodenmod:poss
40abodeabodeNOUNNumber=Sing35 takeobl
41ininADP_43 skiescase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 skiesdet
43skiesskyNOUNNumber=Plur35 takeobl
44..PUNCT_4 overcomepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1overcomepast · passivethe boywith joyvn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2seepastBoythe lovely wifevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
3bringpast · perfect · passivethe lovely wifeBoyvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination
4horrifypast · passivethe girlBoy's ugly appearancevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
5beg speech: requestpastgirl's fathervn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic
6take not said to happento-infinitivegirl's backthe skiesto girl's abodevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent back=Theme to abode=Destination

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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