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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 94

So she and her husband mounted together upon the broad back of the Gryphon, and the great beast, spreading his wings, sailed through the golden gates of the palace and swept downwards through the blue heavens to the earth below.

Who acts: great beast · What happens: mount, spread, sail, sweep · To what, where: girl, broad back, wings, golden gates, blue heavens

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 (great beast), 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

advmodnsubj:passccnmod:possconjadvmodcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodpunctccdetamodparataxispunctaclnmod:possobjpunctparataxiscasedetamodoblcasedetnmodccconjadvmodcasedetamodoblcasedetobladvmodpunctrootSoADVshePRONandCCONJherPRONhusbandNOUNmountedVERBtogetherADVuponADPtheDETbroadADJbackNOUNofADPtheDETGryphonPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETgreatADJbeastNOUN,PUNCTspreadingVERBhisPRONwingsNOUN,PUNCTsailedVERBthroughADPtheDETgoldenADJgatesNOUNofADPtheDETpalaceNOUNandCCONJsweptVERBdownwardsADVthroughADPtheDETblueADJheavensNOUNtoADPtheDETearthNOUNbelowADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_6 mountedadvmod
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 mountednsubj:pass
3andandCCONJ_5 husbandcc
4herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 husbandnmod:poss
5husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing2 sheconj
6mountedmountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7togethertogetherADV_6 mountedadvmod
8uponuponADP_11 backcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 backdet
10broadbroadADJDegree=Pos11 backamod
11backbackNOUNNumber=Sing6 mountedobl
12ofofADP_14 Gryphoncase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 Gryphondet
14GryphonGryphonPROPNNumber=Sing11 backnmod
15,,PUNCT_19 beastpunct
16andandCCONJ_19 beastcc
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 beastdet
18greatgreatADJDegree=Pos19 beastamod
19beastbeastNOUNNumber=Sing6 mountedparataxis
20,,PUNCT_21 spreadingpunct
21spreadingspreadVERBVerbForm=Ger19 beastacl
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 wingsnmod:poss
23wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur21 spreadingobj
24,,PUNCT_25 sailedpunct
25sailedsailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 mountedparataxis
26throughthroughADP_29 gatescase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 gatesdet
28goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos29 gatesamod
29gatesgateNOUNNumber=Plur25 sailedobl
30ofofADP_32 palacecase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 palacedet
32palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing29 gatesnmod
33andandCCONJ_34 sweptcc
34sweptsweepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 sailedconj
35downwardsdownwardsADV_34 sweptadvmod
36throughthroughADP_39 heavenscase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 heavensdet
38blueblueADJDegree=Pos39 heavensamod
39heavensheavenNOUNNumber=Plur34 sweptobl
40totoADP_42 earthcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 earthdet
42earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing34 sweptobl
43belowbelowADV_42 earthadvmod
44..PUNCT_6 mountedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mountparticiple · passivegirlthe broad back of the Gryphonthe great beast parataxis; together propertyvn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon back=Destination
2spreadgerundthe great beast not said herehusband's wingsvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme
3sailpastthe golden gates of the palacevn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through gate=Trajectory
4sweeppastthe blue heavensto the earth; downwards propertyvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to earth=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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