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Folk tales from Tibet, How the Hare Got His Split Lip., sentence 50

From there he was able to discern the dead Tiger lying in the ravine, with the Man stripping off its skin; the Horses careering all over the country, with the Ravens pecking at the sores on their backs; the Boy robbing the Raven’s nest; and the Sheep, pursued by the Wolf, scattered to the four quarters of the compass.

Who acts: hare, Man, Horses, Ravens, Boy, Sheep · What happens: be, discern, lie, strip off, career, peck · To what, where: dead Tiger, ravine, skin, country, nest

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How the Hare Got His Split Lip.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hare, Man, Horses, Ravens), 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

markexplnsubjcopadvclmarkdetamodobjadvclcasedetoblpunctcasedetoblaclcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctdetoblacladvmodcasedetoblpunctcasedetconjaclcasedetoblcasenmod:possoblpunctdetoblacldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctccdetnsubjpunctparataxiscasedetoblpunctconjcasedetnummodoblcasedetnmodpunctrootFromSCONJtherePRONhePRONwasAUXableADJtoPARTdiscernVERBtheDETdeadADJTigerPROPNlyingVERBinADPtheDETravineNOUN,PUNCTwithADPtheDETManNOUNstrippingVERBoffADPitsPRONskinNOUN;PUNCTtheDETHorsesNOUNcareeringVERBallADVoverADPtheDETcountryNOUN,PUNCTwithADPtheDETRavensNOUNpeckingVERBatADPtheDETsoresNOUNonADPtheirPRONbacksNOUN;PUNCTtheDETBoyPROPNrobbingVERBtheDETRavenPROPN’sPARTnestNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJtheDETSheepNOUN,PUNCTpursuedVERBbyADPtheDETWolfPROPN,PUNCTscatteredVERBtoADPtheDETfourNUMquartersNOUNofADPtheDETcompassNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FromfromSCONJ_5 ablemark
2theretherePRONPronType=Dem5 ableexpl
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 ablensubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 ablecop
5ableableADJDegree=Pos7 discernadvcl
6totoPART_7 discernmark
7discerndiscernVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 Tigerdet
9deaddeadADJDegree=Pos10 Tigeramod
10TigerTigerPROPNNumber=Sing7 discernobj
11lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 discernadvcl
12ininADP_14 ravinecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 ravinedet
14ravineravineNOUNNumber=Sing11 lyingobl
15,,PUNCT_18 Manpunct
16withwithADP_18 Mancase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Mandet
18ManmanNOUNNumber=Sing7 discernobl
19strippingstripVERBVerbForm=Ger18 Manacl
20offoffADP_19 strippingcompound:prt
21itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 skinnmod:poss
22skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing19 strippingobj
23;;PUNCT_25 Horsespunct
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 Horsesdet
25HorseshorseNOUNNumber=Plur7 discernobl
26careeringcareerVERBVerbForm=Ger25 Horsesacl
27allallADV_30 countryadvmod
28overoverADP_30 countrycase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 countrydet
30countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing26 careeringobl
31,,PUNCT_34 Ravenspunct
32withwithADP_34 Ravenscase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 Ravensdet
34RavensravenNOUNNumber=Plur25 Horsesconj
35peckingpeckVERBVerbForm=Ger34 Ravensacl
36atatADP_38 sorescase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 soresdet
38soressoreNOUNNumber=Plur35 peckingobl
39ononADP_41 backscase
40theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 backsnmod:poss
41backsbackNOUNNumber=Plur35 peckingobl
42;;PUNCT_44 Boypunct
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 Boydet
44BoyBoyPROPNNumber=Sing7 discernobl
45robbingrobVERBVerbForm=Ger44 Boyacl
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 Ravendet
47RavenRavenPROPNNumber=Sing49 nestnmod:poss
48’s'sPART_47 Ravencase
49nestnestNOUNNumber=Sing45 robbingobj
50;;PUNCT_55 pursuedpunct
51andandCCONJ_55 pursuedcc
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 Sheepdet
53SheepsheepNOUNNumber=Plur55 pursuednsubj
54,,PUNCT_55 pursuedpunct
55pursuedpursueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 discernparataxis
56bybyADP_58 Wolfcase
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 Wolfdet
58WolfWolfPROPNNumber=Sing55 pursuedobl
59,,PUNCT_60 scatteredpunct
60scatteredscatterVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass55 pursuedconj
61totoADP_64 quarterscase
62thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art64 quartersdet
63fourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card64 quartersnummod
64quartersquarterNOUNNumber=Plur60 scatteredobl
65ofofADP_67 compasscase
66thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art67 compassdet
67compasscompassNOUNNumber=Sing64 quartersnmod
68..PUNCT_7 discernpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastharethereable propertytree rules
2discernto-infinitivethe dead Tigerwith the Man; the Horses and the Ravens obl; the Boy oblvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tiger=Stimulus
3liegerundthe ravinevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ravine=Location
4strip offgerundthe Man not said hereravine's skinvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
5careergerundthe Horses and the Ravens not said herethe countrytree rules
6peckgerundthe Ravens not said hereon sores's backs; at the soresvn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at sore=Patient
7robgerundthe Boy not said herethe Raven's nestvn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nest=Theme
8pursueparticiplethe Sheepby the Wolfvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by wolf=Trajectory
9scatterparticiplethe Sheep not said hereto the four quarters of the compassvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=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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