Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 4
After a time the elder brother decided in his mind that he could no longer endure this state of affairs, so he one day called his young brother aside, and told him plainly that he would no longer continue to support such a lout, and that it would be better for him to go out into the world and seek his own fortune alone.
Who acts: elder brother, he, lout, him, his · What happens: decide, endure, call, tell, continue, support · To what, where: mind, state, young brother, him, lout, world · 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 (elder brother, he, lout, him), 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 | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decided | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 brother | det |
| 5 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brother | amod |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decided | nsubj |
| 7 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 mind | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mind | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decided | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 endure | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 endure | nsubj |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 endure | aux |
| 14 | no | no | ADV | _ | 15 longer | advmod |
| 15 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 endure | advmod |
| 16 | endure | endure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 decided | xcomp |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 state | det |
| 18 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 endure | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 affairs | case |
| 20 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 state | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 called | punct |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 called | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 called | nsubj |
| 24 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 day | nummod |
| 25 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 called | obl:unmarked |
| 26 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 endure | advcl |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 brother | nmod:poss |
| 28 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 brother | amod |
| 29 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 called | xcomp |
| 30 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 26 called | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 told | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 told | cc |
| 33 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 decided | conj |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 told | iobj |
| 35 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 33 told | advmod |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 continue | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 continue | nsubj |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 continue | aux |
| 39 | no | no | ADV | _ | 40 longer | advmod |
| 40 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 41 continue | advmod |
| 41 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 told | ccomp |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 support | mark |
| 43 | support | support | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 continue | xcomp |
| 44 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 lout | det:predet |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 lout | det |
| 46 | lout | lout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 support | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 better | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 better | cc |
| 49 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 better | mark |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 better | nsubj |
| 51 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 better | aux |
| 52 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 53 better | cop |
| 53 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 decided | conj |
| 54 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 57 go | mark |
| 55 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 go | nsubj |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 go | mark |
| 57 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 better | advcl |
| 58 | out | out | ADV | _ | 57 go | advmod |
| 59 | into | into | ADP | _ | 61 world | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 world | det |
| 61 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 go | obl |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 seek | cc |
| 63 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 go | conj |
| 64 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 65 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 fortune | amod |
| 66 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 seek | obj |
| 67 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 63 seek | advmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 decided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | past | the elder brother | his mind | time | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | endure not said to happen | could | he | this state of affairs | long property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme state=Circumstance | |||
| 3 | call | participle | he | his young brother | day | aside property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | the elder brother not said here | him = he | plainly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | continue | would | he | long property | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | support | to-infinitive | he not said here | such lout | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lout=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | is | would | lout | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | go out | to-infinitive | him = he | the world | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 9 | seek | infinitive | him = he not said here | his own fortune | alone property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | |||
| 10 | mind | his = he | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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