Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 65
The young man reproached his brother for his greedy conduct in trying to obtain an extra supply of gold from the Lion in spite of his warning; but being of a very forgiving nature, he consented at last to supply his brother with a sum of money sufficient for him to take a small farm in the neighbourhood.
Who acts: young man, greedy conduct, Lion · What happens: reproach, try, obtain, be, consent, supply · To what, where: brother, extra supply, spite, forgiving nature, last, small farm
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 (young man, greedy conduct, 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 man | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reproached | nsubj |
| 4 | reproached | reproach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reproached | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 conduct | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 9 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 conduct | amod |
| 10 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reproached | obl |
| 11 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 12 trying | mark |
| 12 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 conduct | acl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 obtain | mark |
| 14 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 trying | xcomp |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 supply | det |
| 16 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 supply | amod |
| 17 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 obtain | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 gold | case |
| 19 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 supply | nmod |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 Lion | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Lion | det |
| 22 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 obtain | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 spite | case |
| 24 | spite | spite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 obtain | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 warning | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 warning | nmod:poss |
| 27 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 spite | nmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 nature | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 nature | cc |
| 30 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 nature | cop |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 nature | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 nature | det |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 forgiving | advmod |
| 34 | forgiving | forgiving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 nature | amod |
| 35 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reproached | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 consented | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 consented | nsubj |
| 38 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 nature | acl:relcl |
| 39 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 last | case |
| 40 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 consented | obl |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 supply | mark |
| 42 | supply | supply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 consented | xcomp |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 brother | nmod:poss |
| 44 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 supply | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 sum | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 sum | det |
| 47 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 supply | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 money | case |
| 49 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 sum | nmod |
| 50 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 consented | conj |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 him | case |
| 52 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 sufficient | obl |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 take | mark |
| 54 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 consented | advcl |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 farm | det |
| 56 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 farm | amod |
| 57 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 take | obj |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 neighbourhood | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 neighbourhood | det |
| 60 | neighbourhood | neighbourhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 take | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 reproached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reproach | past | the young man | Lion's brother | for Lion's greedy conduct | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent brother=Theme for conduct=Attribute | |||
| 2 | try | gerund | Lion's greedy conduct not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | obtain not said to happen | to-infinitive | Lion's greedy conduct not said here | a extra supply of gold | spite of Lion's warning | from the Lion | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent supply=Theme from lion=Source | ||
| 4 | is | gerund | of a forgiving nature | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | consent | past | Lion | a forgiving nature not said here | last | tree rules | |||
| 6 | supply | to-infinitive | Lion not said here | Lion's brother | with a sum of money | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient with sum=Theme | |||
| 7 | take | to-infinitive | Lion not said here | a small farm | the neighbourhood | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent farm=Value in neighbourhood=Location | |||
| 8 | conduct | Lion | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | spite | Lion's warning | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | warn | Lion | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | sum | money | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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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