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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 74

“Yours,” said Father Gryphon, “is a very sad story, and in my opinion you have not been treated at all well; but if you desire it, I may perhaps be of some assistance to you.

Who acts: Yours, you, I, my · What happens: say, be, not treat, desire, opine · To what, where: sad story, you, opinion · 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 (Yours, you, I, my), 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

punctnsubjpunctpunctnsubjflatpunctpunctcopdetadvmodamodappospunctcccasenmod:possoblnsubj:passauxadvmodaux:passconjcaseobladvmodpunctccmarknsubjadvclobjpunctnsubjauxadvmodcopcasedetoblcasenmodpunctroot“PUNCTYoursPRON,PUNCT”PUNCTsaidVERBFatherPROPNGryphonPROPN,PUNCT“PUNCTisAUXaDETveryADVsadADJstoryNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJinADPmyPRONopinionNOUNyouPRONhaveAUXnotPARTbeenAUXtreatedVERBatADPallDETwellADV;PUNCTbutCCONJifSCONJyouPRONdesireVERBitPRON,PUNCTIPRONmayAUXperhapsADVbeAUXofADPsomeDETassistanceNOUNtoADPyouPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 saidpunct
2YoursyourPRONPerson=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 saidnsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 Yourspunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Yourspunct
5saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6FatherFatherPROPNNumber=Sing5 saidnsubj
7GryphonGryphonPROPNNumber=Sing6 Fatherflat
8,,PUNCT_14 storypunct
9“"PUNCT_14 storypunct
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 storycop
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 storydet
12veryveryADV_13 sadadvmod
13sadsadADJDegree=Pos14 storyamod
14storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing6 Fatherappos
15,,PUNCT_24 treatedpunct
16andandCCONJ_24 treatedcc
17ininADP_19 opinioncase
18mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 opinionnmod:poss
19opinionopinionNOUNNumber=Sing24 treatedobl
20youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs24 treatednsubj:pass
21havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 treatedaux
22notnotPARTPolarity=Neg24 treatedadvmod
23beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part24 treatedaux:pass
24treatedtreatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 saidconj
25atatADP_26 allcase
26allallDETPronType=Tot24 treatedobl
27wellwellADVDegree=Pos24 treatedadvmod
28;;PUNCT_41 assistancepunct
29butbutCCONJ_41 assistancecc
30ififSCONJ_32 desiremark
31youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs32 desirensubj
32desiredesireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 assistanceadvcl
33ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 desireobj
34,,PUNCT_32 desirepunct
35IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs41 assistancensubj
36maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin41 assistanceaux
37perhapsperhapsADV_41 assistanceadvmod
38bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf41 assistancecop
39ofofADP_41 assistancecase
40somesomeDETPronType=Ind41 assistancedet
41assistanceassistanceNOUNNumber=Sing5 saidobl
42totoADP_43 youcase
43youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs41 assistancenmod
44..PUNCT_5 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastYoursFather nsubjvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresenta sad storytree rules
3not treat in a quotepresent · perfect · passiveyoumy opinionat all; well propertyvn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4desire a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentyouopinionvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
5is in a quotemayIyouof some assistance; perhaps propertytree rules
6opine in a quotemynom opinion «cognition 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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