Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 60

When the Ogre saw that one of the pillars was not dancing as usual he grew very angry, and seizing a huge hammer in his hand, he advanced upon it, threatening to shatter it into a thousand fragments; but the young lady, seizing him by the arm, begged him to spare it.

Who acts: Ogre, one, Baki, young lady · What happens: see, not dance, grow, seize, advance, threaten · To what, where: huge hammer, hand, young lady, hammer, thousand fragments, Baki · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Ogre, one, Baki, young lady), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 saw	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Ogre	det
3	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 advanced	advcl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 dancing	mark
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 dancing	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pillars	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pillars	det
9	pillars	pillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 dancing	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 dancing	advmod
12	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 saw	ccomp
13	as	as	ADP	_	14 usual	case
14	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dancing	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 grew	nsubj
16	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 dancing	acl:relcl
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 angry	advmod
18	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grew	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 seizing	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 seizing	cc
21	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 dancing	advcl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 hammer	det
23	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 hammer	amod
24	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 seizing	obj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 hand	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 hand	nmod:poss
27	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 seizing	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 advanced	nsubj
30	advanced	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
31	upon	upon	ADP	_	32 it	case
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 advanced	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 threatening	punct
34	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 advanced	advcl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 shatter	mark
36	shatter	shatter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 threatening	xcomp
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 shatter	obj
38	into	into	ADP	_	41 fragments	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 thousand	det
40	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 fragments	nummod
41	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 shatter	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 lady	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	46 lady	cc
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 lady	det
45	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 lady	amod
46	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 advanced	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 seizing	punct
48	seizing	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	46 lady	acl
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 seizing	obj
50	by	by	ADP	_	52 arm	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 arm	det
52	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 seizing	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 begged	punct
54	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 advanced	conj
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 begged	obj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 spare	mark
57	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 begged	xcomp
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 spare	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	30 advanced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	the Ogre					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not dance	past · progressive	one of the pillars				as usual	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	grow	past	Baki				angry property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	seize	gerund	one of the pillars not said here	a huge hammer		Baki's hand		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme
5	advance	past	Baki	the young lady			upon hand	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	threaten	gerund	Baki not said here					tree rules
7	shatter not said to happen	to-infinitive	Baki not said here	hammer			into thousand fragments result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into fragment=Result
8	seize	gerund	the young lady not said here	Baki			by the arm	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
9	beg speech: request	past	Baki not said here		Baki			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
10	spare not said to happen	to-infinitive	Baki not said here	hammer				vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Asset

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 60

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 60