Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 77
As soon as he had accomplished this he ran hastily back to the main cavern, and as he approached the entrance he saw the Ogre, who had just been returning to his home, lying across the threshold stone dead, with his neck all twisted.
Who acts: Baki, Ogre · What happens: accomplish, run, approach, see, return, lie · To what, where: this, entrance, Ogre, all, threshold stone
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 (Baki, Ogre), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 ran | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 accomplished | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 accomplished | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 accomplished | aux |
| 6 | accomplished | accomplish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 ran | advcl |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 accomplished | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 11 back | advmod |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 ran | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 cavern | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cavern | det |
| 14 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cavern | amod |
| 15 | cavern | cavern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 approached | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 approached | cc |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 approached | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 approached | nsubj |
| 20 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 ran | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 entrance | det |
| 22 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 approached | obj |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 saw | nsubj |
| 24 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 entrance | acl:relcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Ogre | det |
| 26 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 saw | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 returning | punct |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 returning | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 returning | aux |
| 30 | just | just | ADV | _ | 32 returning | advmod |
| 31 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 returning | aux |
| 32 | returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 Ogre | conj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 home | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 home | nmod:poss |
| 35 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 returning | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 lying | punct |
| 37 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 returning | advcl |
| 38 | across | across | ADP | _ | 41 stone | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 stone | det |
| 40 | threshold | threshold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 stone | compound |
| 41 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 lying | obl |
| 42 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 stone | amod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 neck | punct |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 neck | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 neck | nmod:poss |
| 46 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 lying | obl |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 lying | obl |
| 48 | twisted | twisted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 all | amod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accomplish | past · perfect | Baki | this | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | run | past | Baki | to the main cavern result; soon property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to cavern=Result | ||||
| 3 | approach | past | Baki | the entrance | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entrance=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | past | Baki | the Ogre | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ogre=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | return | past · perfect · progressive | the Ogre | to Baki's home result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | ||||
| 6 | lie | gerund | the Ogre not said here | all | the threshold stone | with Baki's neck | vn assuming_position-50 «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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