Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 38

At last, after having explored the greater part of the building, he suddenly turned a corner in a passage, and saw in front of him a room whose walls were composed entirely of glass.

Who acts: Scarcely · What happens: explore, turn, see, compose · To what, where: greater part, last, corner, front, room · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Scarcely), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 last	case
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 explored	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 last	punct
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 having	mark
5	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 explored	aux
6	explored	explore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explored	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 building	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 building	det
12	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 turned	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 turned	nsubj
15	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	16 turned	advmod
16	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 explored	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 corner	det
18	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turned	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 passage	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 passage	det
21	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turned	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 saw	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 saw	cc
24	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 turned	conj
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 front	case
26	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 saw	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 him	case
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 front	nmod
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 room	det
30	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 composed	nsubj:pass
31	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	32 walls	nmod:poss
32	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 composed	nsubj:pass
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 composed	aux:pass
34	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 saw	ccomp
35	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	34 composed	advmod
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 glass	case
37	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 composed	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 explored	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	explore	gerund · perfect		the greater part of the building	last		vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent part=Location
2	turn	past	Scarcely	a corner		in a passage; suddenly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Patient in passage=Topic
3	see	past	Scarcely not said here		front of Scarcely		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	compose	past · passive		a room		of glass; walls nsubj:pass; entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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 Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 38

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 38