Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 10
After travelling for some little distance they reached an empty hut situated at the foot of a large hill, not far from a populous town; and finding that the place was apparently deserted and that the owner, whoever he was, had left nothing to show that he proposed to return, they took possession of the hut, and slept there during the night.
Who acts: brothers, son · What happens: travel, reach, situate, find, desert, leave · To what, where: empty hut, foot, place, nothing, possession, hut · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Stone Lion.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, son), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 travelling | mark |
| 2 | travelling | travel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 57 took | advcl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 distance | case |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 distance | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 distance | amod |
| 6 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 travelling | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 reached | nsubj |
| 8 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 distance | acl:relcl |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hut | det |
| 10 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hut | amod |
| 11 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reached | obj |
| 12 | situated | situate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 hut | acl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 foot | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 foot | det |
| 15 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 situated | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 hill | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 hill | det |
| 18 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 hill | amod |
| 19 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 foot | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 town | punct |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 far | advmod |
| 22 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 26 town | advmod |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 town | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 town | det |
| 25 | populous | populace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 town | compound |
| 26 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hill | conj |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 finding | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 finding | cc |
| 29 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 travelling | conj |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 deserted | mark |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 place | det |
| 32 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 deserted | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 deserted | aux:pass |
| 34 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 35 deserted | advmod |
| 35 | deserted | desert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 finding | advcl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 left | cc |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 owner | mark |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 owner | det |
| 39 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 left | advcl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 whoever | punct |
| 41 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 owner | acl:relcl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 was | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 whoever | acl:relcl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 owner | punct |
| 45 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 left | aux |
| 46 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 deserted | conj |
| 47 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 46 left | obj |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 show | mark |
| 49 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 nothing | acl |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 proposed | mark |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 proposed | nsubj |
| 52 | proposed | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 show | ccomp |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 return | mark |
| 54 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 proposed | xcomp |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 travelling | punct |
| 56 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 took | nsubj |
| 57 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 58 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 took | obj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 hut | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 hut | det |
| 61 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 possession | nmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 slept | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 slept | cc |
| 64 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 took | conj |
| 65 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 64 slept | advmod |
| 66 | during | during | ADP | _ | 68 night | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 night | det |
| 68 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 slept | obl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | gerund | brothers = brother not said here | for some little distance | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reach | past | brothers = brother | a empty hut | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | ||||
| 3 | situate | participle | a empty hut not said here | the foot of a large hill and a populous town | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at foot=Destination | ||||
| 4 | find | gerund | brothers = brother not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | desert | past · passive | the place | apparently property | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source | ||||
| 6 | leave | past · perfect | nothing | the owner whoever advcl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | ||||
| 7 | show | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | propose | past | son | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | return | to-infinitive | son not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | take | past | brothers = brother | possession of the hut | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | ||||
| 11 | sleep | past | brothers = brother not said here | there | night | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 12 | possess | the hut | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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