Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 63
The young Man, who was of a courageous and kindly disposition, determined to save the young Gryphons from the maw of this monster; so, drawing his sword, he waited till the Dragon had set foot upon dry land, and then, attacking him fiercely, he engaged single-handed in a desperate conflict.
Who acts: young Man, word · What happens: be, determine, save, draw, wait, set · To what, where: courageous disposition, young Gryphons, maw, sword, Dragon, word
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 (young Man, word), 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 | 3 Man | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Man | amod |
| 3 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 disposition | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 disposition | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 disposition | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 disposition | cop |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 disposition | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 disposition | det |
| 9 | courageous | courageous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 disposition | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 kindly | cc |
| 11 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 9 courageous | conj |
| 12 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 determined | punct |
| 14 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 disposition | acl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 save | mark |
| 16 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 determined | xcomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Gryphons | det |
| 18 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 Gryphons | amod |
| 19 | Gryphons | gryphon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 save | obj |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 maw | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 maw | det |
| 22 | maw | maw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Gryphons | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 monster | case |
| 24 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 monster | det |
| 25 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 maw | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 waited | punct |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 waited | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 drawing | punct |
| 29 | drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 waited | advcl |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 sword | nmod:poss |
| 31 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 drawing | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 drawing | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 waited | nsubj |
| 34 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 disposition | parataxis |
| 35 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 39 set | mark |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Dragon | det |
| 37 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 set | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 set | aux |
| 39 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 waited | advcl |
| 40 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 set | obj |
| 41 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 43 land | case |
| 42 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 land | amod |
| 43 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 set | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 attacking | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 attacking | cc |
| 46 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 48 attacking | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 attacking | punct |
| 48 | attacking | attack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 set | conj |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 attacking | obj |
| 50 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 48 attacking | advmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 engaged | punct |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 engaged | nsubj |
| 53 | engaged | engage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 waited | conj |
| 54 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 handed | amod |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 single | punct |
| 56 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 engaged | xcomp |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 conflict | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 conflict | det |
| 59 | desperate | desperate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 conflict | amod |
| 60 | conflict | conflict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 handed | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 disposition | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the young Man | of a courageous disposition; who nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | determine | participle | a courageous disposition not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | save | to-infinitive | the young Gryphons | the maw of this monster | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gryphon=Theme from maw=Source | ||||
| 4 | draw | gerund | word not said here | word's sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 5 | wait | past | word | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | set | past · perfect · passive | the Dragon | upon dry land; foot obj | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme foot=Destination | ||||
| 7 | attack | gerund | word | then | fiercely property | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 8 | engage | past | word | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 9 | hand | participle | word not said here | a desperate conflict | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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