Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 5
So when he had reached the age of fifteen she waited till the fifteenth day of the sixth month, which is a very auspicious date, and calling the Boy to her, she presented him with a new suit of clothes, a horse, a dog, a gun and a sword; and she told him that he was now at liberty to leave his home and to go out into the world to seek his fortune.
Who acts: Boy, age, sixth month, Mother · What happens: reach, wait, be, call, present, tell · To what, where: auspicious date, Boy, Mother, liberty, home, world · 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 (Boy, age, sixth month, Mother), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 reached | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 reached | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 reached | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reached | aux |
| 5 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 age | det |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 waited | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fifteen | case |
| 9 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 age | nmod |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 waited | nsubj |
| 11 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reached | parataxis |
| 12 | till | till | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 14 | fifteenth | fifteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 day | amod |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 waited | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 month | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 month | det |
| 18 | sixth | sixth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 month | amod |
| 19 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 day | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 date | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 date | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 date | cop |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 date | det |
| 24 | very | very | ADV | _ | 25 auspicious | advmod |
| 25 | auspicious | auspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 date | amod |
| 26 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 month | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 calling | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 calling | cc |
| 29 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 waited | advcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Boy | det |
| 31 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 calling | obj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 her | case |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 calling | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 presented | punct |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 presented | nsubj |
| 36 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 waited | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 presented | obj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 suit | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 suit | det |
| 40 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 suit | amod |
| 41 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 presented | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 clothes | case |
| 43 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 41 suit | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 horse | punct |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 horse | det |
| 46 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 suit | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 dog | punct |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 dog | det |
| 49 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 suit | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 gun | punct |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 gun | det |
| 52 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 suit | conj |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 sword | cc |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 sword | det |
| 55 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 gun | conj |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 59 told | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 told | cc |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 told | nsubj |
| 59 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reached | conj |
| 60 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 told | iobj |
| 61 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 66 liberty | mark |
| 62 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 liberty | nsubj |
| 63 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 liberty | cop |
| 64 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 66 liberty | advmod |
| 65 | at | at | ADP | _ | 66 liberty | case |
| 66 | liberty | liberty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 told | ccomp |
| 67 | to | to | PART | _ | 68 leave | mark |
| 68 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 liberty | acl |
| 69 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 home | nmod:poss |
| 70 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 leave | obj |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 go | cc |
| 72 | to | to | PART | _ | 73 go | mark |
| 73 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 leave | conj |
| 74 | out | out | ADV | _ | 73 go | advmod |
| 75 | into | into | ADP | _ | 77 world | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 world | det |
| 77 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 go | obl |
| 78 | to | to | PART | _ | 79 seek | mark |
| 79 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 73 go | advcl |
| 80 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 81 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 81 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 seek | obj |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 reached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past · perfect | Boy | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | wait | past | the age of fifteen | day | Mother nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a | present | the sixth month and a auspicious date | a auspicious date | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | call | gerund | the age of fifteen not said here | the Boy | Mother | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Topic to she=Recipient | |||
| 5 | present | past | Mother | Boy | with a new suit of clothes and a horse and a dog and a gun and a sword | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with suit=Theme | |||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | past | Mother | Boy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | is | past | Boy | liberty | now | tree rules | |||
| 8 | leave | to-infinitive | Mother not said here | Boy's home | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | ||||
| 9 | go out | to-infinitive | Mother not said here | the world | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 10 | seek | to-infinitive | Mother not said here | Boy's fortune | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=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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