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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 11

So he took off his cloak [10] and fastened it to the saddle with his sword and his gun, and then placed his horse a little to one side of the fox’s earth, whilst his dog stood ready at the other side; and he himself took off his hat and put it over the mouth of the hole, and taking a large stone in his hand, he crouched down ready to slay the fox when it came out.

Who acts: Boy, dog, fox · What happens: take off, fasten, place, stand, put, take · To what, where: cloak, horse, hat, fox, mouth, large stone

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Found the Lost Turquoise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Boy, dog, fox), 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

advmodnsubjcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctoblpunctccconjobjcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodccnmod:possconjpunctccadvmodconjnmod:possobjdetobl:unmarkedcasenummodoblcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctmarknmod:possnsubjconjxcompcasedetamodoblpunctccnsubjnmod:unmarkedconjcompound:prtnmod:possobjccconjobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccadvcldetamodobjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjconjadvmodxcompmarkxcompdetobjadvmodnsubjadvcladvmodpunctrootSoADVhePRONtookVERBoffADPhisPRONcloakNOUN[PUNCT10NUM]PUNCTandCCONJfastenedVERBitPRONtoADPtheDETsaddleNOUNwithADPhisPRONswordNOUNandCCONJhisPRONgunNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVplacedVERBhisPRONhorseNOUNaDETlittleADJtoADPoneNUMsideNOUNofADPtheDETfoxNOUN’sPARTearthNOUN,PUNCTwhilstSCONJhisPRONdogNOUNstoodVERBreadyADJatADPtheDETotherADJsideNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJhePRONhimselfPRONtookVERBoffADPhisPRONhatNOUNandCCONJputVERBitPRONoverADPtheDETmouthNOUNofADPtheDETholeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtakingVERBaDETlargeADJstoneNOUNinADPhisPRONhandNOUN,PUNCThePRONcrouchedVERBdownADVreadyADJtoPARTslayVERBtheDETfoxNOUNwhenADVitPRONcameVERBoutADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 tookadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tooknsubj
3tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4offoffADP_3 tookcompound:prt
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 cloaknmod:poss
6cloakcloakNOUNNumber=Sing3 tookobj
7[[PUNCT_8 10punct
81010NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card3 tookobl
9]]PUNCT_8 10punct
10andandCCONJ_11 fastenedcc
11fastenedfastenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 fastenedobj
13totoADP_15 saddlecase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 saddledet
15saddlesaddleNOUNNumber=Sing11 fastenedobl
16withwithADP_18 swordcase
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 swordnmod:poss
18swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing15 saddlenmod
19andandCCONJ_21 guncc
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 gunnmod:poss
21gungunNOUNNumber=Sing18 swordconj
22,,PUNCT_25 placedpunct
23andandCCONJ_25 placedcc
24thenthenADVPronType=Dem25 placedadvmod
25placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 horsenmod:poss
27horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing25 placedobj
28aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 littledet
29littlelittleADJDegree=Pos25 placedobl:unmarked
30totoADP_32 sidecase
31oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card32 sidenummod
32sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing25 placedobl
33ofofADP_37 earthcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 foxdet
35foxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing37 earthnmod:poss
36’s'sPART_35 foxcase
37earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing32 sidenmod
38,,PUNCT_42 stoodpunct
39whilstwhilstSCONJ_42 stoodmark
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 dognmod:poss
41dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing42 stoodnsubj
42stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 placedconj
43readyreadyADJDegree=Pos42 stoodxcomp
44atatADP_47 sidecase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 sidedet
46otherotherADJDegree=Pos47 sideamod
47sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing43 readyobl
48;;PUNCT_52 tookpunct
49andandCCONJ_52 tookcc
50hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 tooknsubj
51himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes50 henmod:unmarked
52tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
53offoffADP_52 tookcompound:prt
54hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 hatnmod:poss
55hathatNOUNNumber=Sing52 tookobj
56andandCCONJ_57 putcc
57putputVERBVerbForm=Inf52 tookconj
58ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs57 putobj
59overoverADP_61 mouthcase
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 mouthdet
61mouthmouthNOUNNumber=Sing57 putobl
62ofofADP_64 holecase
63thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art64 holedet
64holeholeNOUNNumber=Sing61 mouthnmod
65,,PUNCT_67 takingpunct
66andandCCONJ_67 takingcc
67takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part52 tookadvcl
68aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art70 stonedet
69largelargeADJDegree=Pos70 stoneamod
70stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing67 takingobj
71ininADP_73 handcase
72hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs73 handnmod:poss
73handhandNOUNNumber=Sing67 takingobl
74,,PUNCT_76 crouchedpunct
75hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs76 crouchednsubj
76crouchedcrouchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
77downdownADV_76 crouchedadvmod
78readyreadyADJDegree=Pos76 crouchedxcomp
79totoPART_80 slaymark
80slayslayVERBVerbForm=Inf78 readyxcomp
81thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art82 foxdet
82foxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing80 slayobj
83whenwhenADVPronType=Int85 cameadvmod
84ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs85 camensubj
85camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin80 slayadvcl
86outoutADV_85 cameadvmod
87..PUNCT_3 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1take offpastBoyBoy's cloak10 oblvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme
2fastenpastBoy not said herecloakto the saddle with Boy's sword and Boy's gunvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Patient to saddle=Co-Patient
3placepastBoy not said hereBoy's horsethento one side of the fox's earth; a little obl:unmarkedvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
4standpastBoy's dogready propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5take offpastBoyBoy's hatvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
6putinfinitiveBoy not said herefoxthe mouth of the holevn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over mouth=Destination
7takegerundBoy not said herea large stoneBoy's handvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stone=Value in hand=Location
8crouch downpastBoydown, ready propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9slayto-infinitiveBoy not said herethe foxvn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Patient
10come outpastfoxout propertyvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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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