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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Lama’s Servant., sentence 13

Lama,” said the Servant, addressing the old man, “I have come to tell you that I have just found a sheep belonging to our neighbours, who live in the valley below, wandering about near the house; so, for fear he should be eaten by wolves, I have caught him and tied him up in a room below.

Who acts: Lama, I, sheep, neighbours, wolves · What happens: say, address, come, tell, find, belong · To what, where: Servant, old man, you, sheep, valley, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Lama’s Servant.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lama, I, sheep, neighbours), 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

nsubjpunctpunctdetobjpunctadvcldetamodobjpunctpunctnsubjauxadvclmarkxcompiobjmarknsubjauxadvmodadvcldetobjaclcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjacl:relclcasedetobladvmodpunctadvcladvmodcasedetoblpunctadvmodpunctcaseoblnsubjauxaux:passparataxiscaseoblpunctnsubj:passauxconjobjccconjobjcompound:prtcasedetobladvmodpunctrootLamaNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTsaidVERBtheDETServantNOUN,PUNCTaddressingVERBtheDEToldADJmanNOUN,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONhaveAUXcomeVERBtoPARTtellVERByouPRONthatSCONJIPRONhaveAUXjustADVfoundVERBaDETsheepNOUNbelongingVERBtoADPourPRONneighboursNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONliveVERBinADPtheDETvalleyNOUNbelowADV,PUNCTwanderingVERBaboutADVnearADPtheDEThouseNOUN;PUNCTsoADV,PUNCTforADPfearNOUNhePRONshouldAUXbeAUXeatenVERBbyADPwolvesNOUN,PUNCTIPRONhaveAUXcaughtVERBhimPRONandCCONJtiedVERBhimPRONupADPinADPaDETroomNOUNbelowADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LamalamaNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Lamapunct
3”"PUNCT_1 Lamapunct
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Servantdet
6ServantservantNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidobj
7,,PUNCT_8 addressingpunct
8addressingaddressVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 saidadvcl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 mandet
10oldoldADJDegree=Pos11 manamod
11manmanNOUNNumber=Sing8 addressingobj
12,,PUNCT_16 comepunct
13“"PUNCT_16 comepunct
14IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs16 comensubj
15havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 comeaux
16comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 addressingadvcl
17totoPART_18 tellmark
18telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf16 comexcomp
19youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs18 telliobj
20thatthatSCONJ_24 foundmark
21IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 foundnsubj
22havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 foundaux
23justjustADV_24 foundadvmod
24foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part18 telladvcl
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 sheepdet
26sheepsheepNOUNNumber=Sing24 foundobj
27belongingbelongVERBVerbForm=Ger26 sheepacl
28totoADP_30 neighbourscase
29ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 neighboursnmod:poss
30neighboursneighbourNOUNNumber=Plur27 belongingobl
31,,PUNCT_33 livepunct
32whowhoPRONPronType=Rel33 livensubj
33liveliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin30 neighboursacl:relcl
34ininADP_36 valleycase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 valleydet
36valleyvalleyNOUNNumber=Sing33 liveobl
37belowbelowADV_33 liveadvmod
38,,PUNCT_39 wanderingpunct
39wanderingwonderVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part33 liveadvcl
40aboutaboutADV_41 nearadvmod
41nearnearADP_43 housecase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 housedet
43househouseNOUNNumber=Sing39 wanderingobl
44;;PUNCT_52 eatenpunct
45sosoADV_52 eatenadvmod
46,,PUNCT_52 eatenpunct
47forforADP_48 fearcase
48fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing52 eatenobl
49hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 eatennsubj
50shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin52 eatenaux
51bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf52 eatenaux:pass
52eateneatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 saidparataxis
53bybyADP_54 wolvescase
54wolveswolfNOUNNumber=Plur52 eatenobl
55,,PUNCT_58 caughtpunct
56IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs58 caughtnsubj:pass
57havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin58 caughtaux
58caughtcatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass52 eatenconj
59himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs58 caughtobj
60andandCCONJ_61 tiedcc
61tiedtieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 eatenconj
62himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs61 tiedobj
63upupADP_61 tiedcompound:prt
64ininADP_66 roomcase
65aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art66 roomdet
66roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing61 tiedobl
67belowbelowADV_61 tiedadvmod
68..PUNCT_4 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepastLamathe Servanttree rules
2address in a quotegerundLama not said herethe old manvn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Destination
3comepresent · perfectItree rules
4tell speech: assertto-infinitiveI not said hereyouvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
5findpresent · perfectIa sheepvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Topic
6belonggerunda sheep not said hereto our neighboursvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
7livepresentour neighboursthe valleybelow propertyvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in valley=Location
8wonder speech: askgerundour neighbours not said herethe housevn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9eatshould · passivewolvesLamafor fearvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
10catchpresent · perfect · passiveIServant objvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme
11tie uppastwolves not said hereServanta roombelow propertyvn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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