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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 16

“Now,” thought he to himself, on seeing the Lion, “this, no doubt, is the guardian deity of this mountain, and to him must be due my good fortune in so easily obtaining a means of livelihood.

Who acts: this, a · What happens: think, see, be, obtain, mean · To what, where: boy, Lion, guardian deity, due good fortune · 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 (this, a), 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

punctadvmodpunctpunctobjcaseoblpunctmarkadvcldetobjpunctpunctnsubjpunctdetnsubjpunctcopdetamodoblcasedetnmodpunctcccaseoblauxcopamodnmod:possamodparataxismarkadvmodadvmodadvclnsubjccompcaseoblpunctroot“PUNCTNowADV,PUNCT”PUNCTthoughtVERBhePRONtoADPhimselfPRON,PUNCTonSCONJseeingVERBtheDETLionPROPN,PUNCT“PUNCTthisPRON,PUNCTnoDETdoubtNOUN,PUNCTisAUXtheDETguardianADJdeityNOUNofADPthisDETmountainNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoADPhimPRONmustAUXbeAUXdueADJmyPRONgoodADJfortuneNOUNinSCONJsoADVeasilyADVobtainingVERBaDETmeansVERBofADPlivelihoodNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 thoughtpunct
2NownowADVPronType=Dem5 thoughtadvmod
3,,PUNCT_2 Nowpunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Nowpunct
5thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 thoughtobj
7totoADP_8 himselfcase
8himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes5 thoughtobl
9,,PUNCT_11 seeingpunct
10ononSCONJ_11 seeingmark
11seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 thoughtadvcl
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 Liondet
13LionLionPROPNNumber=Sing11 seeingobj
14,,PUNCT_24 deitypunct
15“"PUNCT_24 deitypunct
16thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem24 deitynsubj
17,,PUNCT_24 deitypunct
18nonoDETPronType=Neg19 doubtdet
19doubtdoubtNOUNNumber=Sing24 deitynsubj
20,,PUNCT_19 doubtpunct
21isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 deitycop
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 deitydet
23guardianguardianADJDegree=Pos24 deityamod
24deitydeityNOUNNumber=Sing11 seeingobl
25ofofADP_27 mountaincase
26thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem27 mountaindet
27mountainmountainNOUNNumber=Sing24 deitynmod
28,,PUNCT_37 fortunepunct
29andandCCONJ_37 fortunecc
30totoADP_31 himcase
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 fortuneobl
32mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin37 fortuneaux
33bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf37 fortunecop
34duedueADJDegree=Pos37 fortuneamod
35mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 fortunenmod:poss
36goodgoodADJDegree=Pos37 fortuneamod
37fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing5 thoughtparataxis
38ininSCONJ_41 obtainingmark
39sosoADV_41 obtainingadvmod
40easilyeasilyADV_41 obtainingadvmod
41obtainingobtainVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part37 fortuneadvcl
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 meansnsubj
43meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 obtainingccomp
44ofofADP_45 livelihoodcase
45livelihoodlivelihoodNOUNNumber=Sing43 meansobl
46..PUNCT_5 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastboyboynowvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme
2seegerundthe Lionvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus
3is a in a quotepresentthisthe guardian deityof this mountain; no doubt nsubjtree rules
4is a in a quotemustmy due good fortuneboymy nmod:posstree rules
5obtain in a quotegerundeasily propertytree rules
6mean in a quotepresentaof livelihoodvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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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