Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 13

Greatly elated at the success of his labours he returned to his mother in the hut, and showing her the money he had earned, he told her that she need no longer have any anxiety regarding the future, for he would now be able to support her without any difficulty.

Who acts: boy, mother · What happens: elate, return, show, earn, tell, need · To what, where: success, labours, mother, money, anxiety · 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 (boy, mother), 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	Greatly	greatly	ADV	_	2 elated	advmod
2	elated	elate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 success	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 success	det
5	success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 elated	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 labours	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 labours	nmod:poss
8	labours	labour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 success	nmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 returned	nsubj
10	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 labours	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 mother	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mother	nmod:poss
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returned	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hut	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hut	det
16	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mother	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 told	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 told	cc
19	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 told	advcl
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 showing	obj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 money	det
22	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 showing	obj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 earned	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 earned	aux
25	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 money	acl:relcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 showing	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 told	nsubj
28	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 elated	conj
29	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 told	iobj
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 need	mark
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 need	nsubj
32	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 told	ccomp
33	no	no	ADV	_	34 longer	advmod
34	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	35 have	advmod
35	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 need	ccomp
36	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	37 anxiety	det
37	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 have	obj
38	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 future	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 future	det
40	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 have	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 able	punct
42	for	for	SCONJ	_	47 able	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 able	nsubj
44	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 able	aux
45	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	47 able	advmod
46	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 able	cop
47	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 have	parataxis
48	to	to	PART	_	49 support	mark
49	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 able	xcomp
50	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 support	obj
51	without	without	ADP	_	53 difficulty	case
52	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	53 difficulty	det
53	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 support	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 elated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elate	participle				the success of boy's labours		greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	return	past	boy	boy's labours not said here	boy's mother in the hut				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent labour=Theme to mother=Destination
3	show	gerund	boy not said here	the money	mother				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient money=Topic
4	earn	past · perfect	boy	the money not said here					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	past	boy		mother				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
6	need	present	mother						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	have	present	mother not said here	any anxiety				regard the future; long property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anxiety=Patient
8	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	is	would	boy				now	able property	tree rules
10	support	to-infinitive	boy not said here	mother				without any difficulty	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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 Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 13

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 13