Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Lama’s Servant., sentence 57
“Now, sister,” said the Thief, addressing her when they were alone together, “you see that my story is true, but, unfortunately, I am unable to stay here as I am called away this very night on urgent business.
Who acts: sister, two, you, story · What happens: say, address, be, see, stay, call away · To what, where: Thief, sister · 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 (sister, two, you, story), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sister | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sister | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Thief | det |
| 9 | Thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 addressing | punct |
| 11 | addressing | address | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 said | advcl |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 addressing | obj |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 together | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 together | nsubj |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 together | cop |
| 16 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 17 together | advmod |
| 17 | together | together | ADV | _ | 11 addressing | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 see | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 see | punct |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 see | nsubj |
| 21 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 true | mark |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 story | nmod:poss |
| 24 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 true | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 true | cop |
| 26 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 see | ccomp |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 unable | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 unable | cc |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 unfortunately | punct |
| 30 | unfortunately | unfortunately | ADV | _ | 34 unable | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 unable | punct |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 unable | nsubj |
| 33 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 unable | cop |
| 34 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 see | conj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 stay | mark |
| 36 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 unable | xcomp |
| 37 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 stay | advmod |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 called | mark |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 called | nsubj |
| 40 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 called | aux:pass |
| 41 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 stay | advcl |
| 42 | away | away | ADV | _ | 41 called | advmod |
| 43 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 night | det |
| 44 | very | very | ADV | _ | 45 night | advmod |
| 45 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 called | xcomp |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 business | case |
| 47 | urgent | urgent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 business | amod |
| 48 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 night | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | sister | the Thief | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thief=Topic | |||
| 2 | address | gerund | sister not said here | sister | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is | past | two | alone, together property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | my story | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | sister | unable, unfortunately property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | stay in a quote | to-infinitive | sister not said here | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | call away speech: assert in a quote | present · passive | sister | away property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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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