Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 49
The elder brother, on hearing this, immediately thrust his hand into the Lion’s mouth, hoping to secure a large lump of gold; and no sooner had he done so than the Lion, closing his jaws, held him fast.
Who acts: elder brother, Lion · What happens: hear, thrust, hope, secure, do, close · To what, where: this, hand, mouth, large lump, elder brother, jaws
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, Lion), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brother | det |
| 2 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 held | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hearing | punct |
| 5 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 6 hearing | mark |
| 6 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 brother | acl:relcl |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 hearing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 thrust | punct |
| 9 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 10 thrust | advmod |
| 10 | thrust | thrust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 hearing | parataxis |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hand | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thrust | obj |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 mouth | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Lion | det |
| 15 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 16 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 15 Lion | case |
| 17 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thrust | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 hoping | punct |
| 19 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 thrust | advcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 secure | mark |
| 21 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 hoping | xcomp |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 lump | det |
| 23 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 lump | amod |
| 24 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 secure | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 gold | case |
| 26 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lump | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 done | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 done | cc |
| 29 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 30 sooner | det |
| 30 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 33 done | advmod |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 done | aux |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 done | nsubj |
| 33 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 brother | acl:relcl |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 37 Lion | advmod |
| 35 | than | than | ADP | _ | 37 Lion | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Lion | det |
| 37 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 done | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 closing | punct |
| 39 | closing | close | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 done | advcl |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 jaws | nmod:poss |
| 41 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 closing | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 brother | punct |
| 43 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 held | obj |
| 45 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 43 held | advmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 43 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the elder brother not said here | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | thrust | infinitive | voice's hand | the Lion's mouth | immediately property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||
| 3 | hope | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | secure not said to happen | to-infinitive | a large lump of gold | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition lump=Theme | |||||
| 5 | do | past · perfect | Lion | the elder brother not said here | than the Lion; soon property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | close | gerund | Lion not said here | Lion's jaws | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaw=Patient | ||||
| 7 | hold | past | the elder brother | Lion | fast property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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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