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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey., sentence 42

So he hid himself in the water until evening, and as soon as it was dusk he came out on the land and proceeded very quietly to the cave where he and the Monkey had lived together, and concealed himself in the darkest corner of it waiting till the Monkey should come in.

Who acts: Tortoise, water, darkest corner, Monkey · What happens: hide, be, come out, proceed, live together, conceal · To what, where: Tortoise, water, land, darkest corner

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tortoise, water, darkest corner, Monkey), 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

advmodnsubjobjcasedetoblcaseoblpunctccadvmodadvmodcasensubjcopoblnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblccconjadvmodadvmodcasedetobladvmodnsubjccdetconjauxacl:relcladvmodpunctccparataxisobjcasedetamodoblcasenmodaclmarkdetnsubjauxadvcladvmodpunctrootSoADVhePRONhidVERBhimselfPRONinADPtheDETwaterNOUNuntilADPeveningNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJasADVsoonADVasADPitPRONwasAUXduskNOUNhePRONcameVERBoutADVonADPtheDETlandNOUNandCCONJproceededVERBveryADVquietlyADVtoADPtheDETcaveNOUNwhereADVhePRONandCCONJtheDETMonkeyPROPNhadAUXlivedVERBtogetherADV,PUNCTandCCONJconcealedVERBhimselfPRONinADPtheDETdarkestADJcornerNOUNofADPitPRONwaitingVERBtillSCONJtheDETMonkeyNOUNshouldAUXcomeVERBinADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 hidadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 hidnsubj
3hidhideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes3 hidobj
5ininADP_7 watercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 waterdet
7waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing3 hidobl
8untiluntilADP_9 eveningcase
9eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing3 hidobl
10,,PUNCT_19 camepunct
11andandCCONJ_19 camecc
12asasADV_13 soonadvmod
13soonsoonADVDegree=Pos19 cameadvmod
14asasADP_17 duskcase
15ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 dusknsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 duskcop
17duskduskNOUNNumber=Sing13 soonobl
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 camensubj
19camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 hidconj
20outoutADV_19 cameadvmod
21ononADP_23 landcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 landdet
23landlandNOUNNumber=Sing19 cameobl
24andandCCONJ_25 proceededcc
25proceededproceedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 hidconj
26veryveryADV_27 quietlyadvmod
27quietlyquietlyADV_25 proceededadvmod
28totoADP_30 cavecase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 cavedet
30cavecaveNOUNNumber=Sing25 proceededobl
31wherewhereADVPronType=Rel37 livedadvmod
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 livednsubj
33andandCCONJ_35 Monkeycc
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Monkeydet
35MonkeyMonkeyPROPNNumber=Sing32 heconj
36hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 livedaux
37livedliveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part30 caveacl:relcl
38togethertogetherADV_37 livedadvmod
39,,PUNCT_41 concealedpunct
40andandCCONJ_41 concealedcc
41concealedconcealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 hidparataxis
42himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes41 concealedobj
43ininADP_46 cornercase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 cornerdet
45darkestdarkADJDegree=Sup46 corneramod
46cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing41 concealedobl
47ofofADP_48 itcase
48ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 cornernmod
49waitingwaitVERBVerbForm=Ger46 corneracl
50tilltillSCONJ_54 comemark
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 Monkeydet
52MonkeymonkeyNOUNNumber=Sing54 comensubj
53shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin54 comeaux
54comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf49 waitingadvcl
55ininADV_54 comeadvmod
56..PUNCT_3 hidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hidepastTortoiseTortoisethe watereveningvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in water=Location
2ispastwateras dusktree rules
3come outpastTortoisethe landout, soon propertyvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4proceedpastTortoise not said hereto the cave; quietly propertyvn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
5live togetherpast · perfectTortoisetogether propertyvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6concealpastTortoisethe darkest corner of watervn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in corner=Location
7waitgerundthe darkest corner of water not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8come inshouldthe Monkeyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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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