Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 62

As he stood upon the beach watching the young birds they suddenly began to manifest every sign of terror and confusion, chattering and squealing wildly to one another, and flapping their puny wings; and on turning towards the lake in order to ascertain what was the cause of their alarm, he perceived an immense Dragon—whose head, at the end of its long neck, towered high above the water—making its way rapidly across the lake, with the evident intention of devouring the young Gryphons.

Who acts: word, daughters, evident intention · What happens: stand, watch, begin, manifest, chatter, squeal · To what, where: young birds, sign, one, puny wings, order, cause

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 (word, daughters, evident intention), 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	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 stood	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 perceived	advcl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 beach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beach	det
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stood	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 birds	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 birds	amod
10	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 watching	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 began	nsubj
12	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	13 began	advmod
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 birds	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 manifest	mark
15	manifest	manifest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 began	xcomp
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 sign	det
17	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 manifest	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 terror	case
19	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sign	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 confusion	cc
21	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 terror	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 chattering	punct
23	chattering	chatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 manifest	advcl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 squealing	cc
25	squealing	squeal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 chattering	conj
26	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	25 squealing	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 one	case
28	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 squealing	obl
29	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	28 one	fixed
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 flapping	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 flapping	cc
32	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 chattering	conj
33	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 wings	nmod:poss
34	puny	puny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 wings	amod
35	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 flapping	obj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 turning	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 turning	cc
38	on	on	SCONJ	_	39 turning	mark
39	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stood	advcl
40	towards	towards	ADP	_	42 lake	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 lake	det
42	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 turning	obl
43	in	in	ADP	_	44 order	case
44	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 turning	obl
45	to	to	PART	_	46 ascertain	mark
46	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 turning	advcl
47	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	50 cause	nsubj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 cause	cop
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 cause	det
50	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 ascertain	parataxis
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 alarm	case
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 alarm	nmod:poss
53	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 cause	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 perceived	nsubj
56	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
57	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 Dragon	det
58	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 Dragon	amod
59	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 perceived	obj
60	—	-	PUNCT	_	62 head	punct
61	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	62 head	nmod:poss
62	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 Dragon	appos
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 end	punct
64	at	at	ADP	_	66 end	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 end	det
66	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 perceived	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	70 neck	case
68	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 neck	nmod:poss
69	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 neck	amod
70	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 end	nmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 towered	punct
72	towered	tower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 end	conj
73	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	72 towered	advmod
74	above	above	ADP	_	76 water	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 water	det
76	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 towered	obl
77	—	-	PUNCT	_	78 making	punct
78	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 perceived	advcl
79	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	80 way	nmod:poss
80	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 making	obj
81	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	78 making	advmod
82	across	across	ADP	_	84 lake	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 lake	det
84	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 making	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 intention	punct
86	with	with	ADP	_	89 intention	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 intention	det
88	evident	evident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 intention	amod
89	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 making	obl
90	of	of	SCONJ	_	91 devouring	mark
91	devouring	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	89 intention	acl
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 Gryphons	det
93	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 Gryphons	amod
94	Gryphons	gryphon	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 devouring	obj
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 perceived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	word					upon the beach	vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	watch	gerund	word not said here	the young birds					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
3	begin	past	daughters = daughter	the young birds not said here				suddenly property	tree rules
4	manifest	to-infinitive	daughters = daughter not said here	every sign of terror and confusion					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
5	chatter	gerund	daughters = daughter not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	squeal	gerund	daughters = daughter not said here		one			wildly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient
7	flap	gerund	daughters = daughter not said here	daughters's puny wings					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
8	turn	gerund	word not said here			order		towards the lake	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme towards lake=Source in order=Trajectory
9	ascertain	to-infinitive	word not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
10	is a	past		the cause				of daughters's alarm; what nsubj	tree rules
11	perceive	past	word	a immense Dragon			at the end of lake's long neck		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus
12	tower	participle	word not said here			the water		high property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above water=Location
13	make	gerund	word not said here	lake's way		the lake		with the evident intention; rapidly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product
14	devour	gerund	the evident intention not said here	the young Gryphons					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gryphon=Patient
15	sign			terror and confusion					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient
16	alarm		daughters = daughter						nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 62

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 62