Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 35
In the evening, when the younger brother returned, he greeted his brother heartily, and being of a most kind-hearted and forgiving disposition, he related to him fully the manner in which he had come by his wealth, and strongly recommended his brother to act in a similar way.
Who acts: younger brother, news · What happens: return, greet, forgive, be, relate, come · To what, where: brother, manner, son, similar way
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 (younger brother, news), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 evening | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 evening | det |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 greeted | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 evening | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 returned | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 brother | det |
| 7 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 brother | amod |
| 8 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 returned | nsubj |
| 9 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 greeted | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 returned | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 greeted | nsubj |
| 12 | greeted | greet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brother | nmod:poss |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 greeted | obj |
| 15 | heartily | heartily | ADV | _ | 12 greeted | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 disposition | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 disposition | cc |
| 18 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 disposition | cop |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 disposition | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 disposition | det |
| 21 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 24 hearted | advmod |
| 22 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 hearted | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 kind | punct |
| 24 | hearted | hearted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 disposition | amod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 forgiving | cc |
| 26 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 disposition | amod |
| 27 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 greeted | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 related | punct |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 related | nsubj |
| 30 | related | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 greeted | conj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 related | obl |
| 33 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 30 related | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 manner | det |
| 35 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 related | obl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 which | case |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 come | obl |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 come | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 come | aux |
| 40 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 manner | acl:relcl |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 wealth | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 wealth | nmod:poss |
| 43 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 recommended | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 recommended | cc |
| 46 | strongly | strongly | ADV | _ | 47 recommended | advmod |
| 47 | recommended | recommend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 greeted | conj |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 brother | nmod:poss |
| 49 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 recommended | obj |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 act | mark |
| 51 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 recommended | advcl |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 way | case |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 way | det |
| 54 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 way | amod |
| 55 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 act | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 greeted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | the younger brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | greet speech: greet | past | news | news's brother | evening | heartily property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | ||
| 3 | forgive | gerund | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is | gerund | of a hearted forgiving disposition | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | relate | past | news | the manner | son | fully property | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme | ||
| 6 | come | past · perfect | news | the manner | by news's wealth | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | |||
| 7 | recommend | past | news not said here | news's brother | strongly property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | |||
| 8 | act | to-infinitive | news not said here | a similar way | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: 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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