Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 38

When, after a few minutes, she went back into the house, leaving the turquoise lying in the middle of the yard, the Boy thought that this would be a good opportunity of getting the turquoise for himself, but he was afraid to leave his nest for fear of being noticed; so picking up a piece of rag from amongst the manure he threw it over the turquoise, concealing it from sight.

Who acts: Lady, turquoise, Boy, this, good opportunity · What happens: go back, leave, lie, think, be, get · To what, where: house, turquoise, middle, good opportunity, nest, fear · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Lady, turquoise, Boy, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

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The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 went	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 minutes	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 minutes	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minutes	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 minutes	amod
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 went	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 went	advmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 leaving	punct
15	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 went	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 turquoise	det
17	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 leaving	obj
18	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 turquoise	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 middle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 middle	det
21	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lying	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 yard	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 yard	det
24	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 middle	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 thought	punct
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Boy	det
27	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 thought	nsubj
28	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 turquoise	acl
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 opportunity	mark
30	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	35 opportunity	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 opportunity	aux
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 opportunity	cop
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 opportunity	det
34	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 opportunity	amod
35	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 thought	ccomp
36	of	of	SCONJ	_	37 getting	mark
37	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 opportunity	acl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 turquoise	det
39	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 getting	obj
40	for	for	ADP	_	41 himself	case
41	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	37 getting	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 afraid	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	46 afraid	cc
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 afraid	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 afraid	cop
46	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 opportunity	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 leave	mark
48	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 afraid	xcomp
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 nest	nmod:poss
50	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 leave	obj
51	for	for	ADP	_	52 fear	case
52	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 leave	obl
53	of	of	SCONJ	_	55 noticed	mark
54	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	55 noticed	aux:pass
55	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 fear	acl
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 picking	punct
57	so	so	ADV	_	58 picking	advmod
58	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 went	advcl
59	up	up	ADP	_	58 picking	compound:prt
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 piece	det
61	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 picking	obj
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 rag	case
63	rag	rag	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 piece	nmod
64	from	from	ADP	_	67 manure	case
65	amongst	amongst	ADP	_	67 manure	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 manure	det
67	manure	manure	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 picking	obl
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 threw	nsubj
69	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 manure	acl:relcl
70	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 threw	obj
71	over	over	ADP	_	73 turquoise	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 turquoise	det
73	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 threw	obl
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 concealing	punct
75	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 picking	conj
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 concealing	obj
77	from	from	ADP	_	78 sight	case
78	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 concealing	obl
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	past	Lady		the house	minute		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	Lady not said here	the turquoise				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme
3	lie	gerund	the turquoise not said here		the middle of the yard			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location
4	think speech: other	past	the Boy	the turquoise not said here				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot turquoise=Theme
5	is a	would	this	a good opportunity				tree rules
6	get	gerund	a good opportunity not said here	the turquoise			for Boy	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme for himself=Source
7	is	past	Boy				afraid property	tree rules
8	leave	to-infinitive	Boy not said here	Boy's nest			for fear	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nest=Theme for fear=Recipient
9	notice	gerund · passive		fear not said here				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»
10	pick up	gerund	Lady not said here	a piece of rag	the manure			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic
11	throw	past	Boy	nest	the turquoise			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over turquoise=Destination
12	conceal	gerund	Lady not said here	nest	sight			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from sight=Beneficiary

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, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 38