Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 38
The Queen thanked the old man for his advice, and following the narrow path, it soon led her to the top of a small hill; and here she was delivered of a child, who, as the magician had predicted, was of a miraculous nature, and was at once able to walk and talk.
Who acts: Queen, path · What happens: thank, follow, lead, deliver, predict, be · To what, where: old man, narrow path, Queen, top, child
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, path), 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 | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thanked | nsubj |
| 3 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thanked | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 advice | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 advice | nmod:poss |
| 9 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 man | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 following | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 following | cc |
| 12 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 thanked | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 path | det |
| 14 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 path | amod |
| 15 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 following | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 led | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 led | nsubj |
| 18 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 led | advmod |
| 19 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thanked | conj |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 led | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 top | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 top | det |
| 23 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 led | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 hill | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 hill | det |
| 26 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 hill | amod |
| 27 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 top | nmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 delivered | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 here | cc |
| 30 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 delivered | advmod |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 delivered | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 delivered | aux:pass |
| 33 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 thanked | parataxis |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 child | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 child | det |
| 36 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 delivered | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 predicted | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 predicted | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 predicted | punct |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 predicted | mark |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 magician | det |
| 42 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 predicted | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 predicted | aux |
| 44 | predicted | predict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 child | acl:relcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 nature | punct |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 nature | cop |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 nature | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 nature | det |
| 49 | miraculous | miraculous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 nature | amod |
| 50 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 delivered | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 able | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 able | cc |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 able | cop |
| 54 | at | at | ADP | _ | 55 once | case |
| 55 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 56 able | advmod |
| 56 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 delivered | conj |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 walk | mark |
| 58 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 able | xcomp |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 talk | cc |
| 60 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 walk | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | past | the Queen | the old man | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent man=Theme for advice=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | the Queen not said here | the narrow path | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lead | past | path | Queen | the top of a small hill | soon property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to top=Destination | ||
| 4 | deliver | past · passive | Queen | here | of a child | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme of child=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | predict | past · perfect · passive | a child | the magician nsubj | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 6 | is | past | of a miraculous nature | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | is | past | able, once property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | walk | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 9 | talk | infinitive | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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