Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 110
Advancing a few paces the Prince found himself in a small dungeon, lighted only by the glimmer which issued from a goblet of crystal liquid held in the hand of a beautiful young boy, who was seated in the centre of the chamber.
Who acts: Prince, small dungeon, glimmer · What happens: advance, find, light, issue, hold, seat · To what, where: few paces, drop, small dungeon, glimmer, goblet, crystal liquid
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, small dungeon, glimmer), 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 | Advancing | advance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 found | advcl |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 paces | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paces | amod |
| 4 | paces | pace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Advancing | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prince | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 found | nsubj |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 found | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 dungeon | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dungeon | det |
| 11 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 dungeon | amod |
| 12 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 lighted | punct |
| 14 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 dungeon | acl |
| 15 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 glimmer | advmod |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 glimmer | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 glimmer | det |
| 18 | glimmer | glimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lighted | obj |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 issued | nsubj |
| 20 | issued | issue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 glimmer | acl:relcl |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 goblet | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 goblet | det |
| 23 | goblet | goblet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 issued | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 liquid | case |
| 25 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 liquid | amod |
| 26 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 goblet | nmod |
| 27 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 liquid | acl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 hand | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 hand | det |
| 30 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 held | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 boy | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 boy | det |
| 33 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 boy | amod |
| 34 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 boy | amod |
| 35 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 hand | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 seated | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 seated | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 seated | aux:pass |
| 39 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 boy | acl:relcl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 centre | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 centre | det |
| 42 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 seated | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 chamber | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 chamber | det |
| 45 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 centre | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advance | gerund | the Prince not said here | a few paces | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer pace=Patient | ||||
| 2 | find | past | the Prince | drop | a small dungeon | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | |||
| 3 | light | participle | a small dungeon not said here | the glimmer | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimmer=Product | ||||
| 4 | issue | past | the glimmer | a goblet of crystal liquid | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hold | participle | crystal liquid not said here | the hand of a beautiful young boy | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | ||||
| 6 | seat | past · passive | a beautiful young boy | the centre of the chamber | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in centre=Location |
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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