Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 48
As soon as they were all seated in rows ready to see what was going to happen, the Boy, holding the pig’s head under his arm, presented himself before them all, and addressed them as follows:
What happens: seat, see, go, happen, hold, present · To what, where: neighbours, rows, Boy, head, arm · 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: 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 | 31 presented | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 seated | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 seated | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 seated | aux:pass |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 seated | advmod |
| 7 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 soon | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 rows | case |
| 9 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 seated | obl |
| 10 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seated | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 see | mark |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 ready | xcomp |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 going | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 going | aux |
| 15 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 see | ccomp |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 happen | mark |
| 17 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 going | xcomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Boy | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Boy | det |
| 20 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 happen | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 holding | punct |
| 22 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 going | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 pig | det |
| 24 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 head | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 24 pig | case |
| 26 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 holding | obj |
| 27 | under | under | ADP | _ | 29 arm | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 arm | nmod:poss |
| 29 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 holding | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 presented | punct |
| 31 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 31 presented | obj |
| 33 | before | before | ADP | _ | 34 them | case |
| 34 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 presented | obl |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 addressed | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 addressed | cc |
| 38 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 presented | conj |
| 39 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 addressed | obj |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 follows | mark |
| 41 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 addressed | advcl |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 presented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seat | past · passive | neighbours = neighbour | rows | all, ready property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in row=Location | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | go | past · progressive | what nsubj | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | happen | to-infinitive | the Boy | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | hold | gerund | the pig's head | Boy's arm | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme under arm=Location | ||||
| 6 | present | past | Boy | before neighbours = neighbour | soon property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||
| 7 | address | past | neighbours = neighbour | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination | |||||
| 8 | follow | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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