Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 63
She took the Boy into the house, and having presented him with a new suit of clothes, and given him all he wanted to eat and drink, she handed him a large sum of money, and he went on his way in a far better plight than when he had first arrived there.
Who acts: Mistress, Boy · What happens: take, present, give, want, eat, drink · To what, where: Boy, house, all, large sum, way, money
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 (Mistress, Boy), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Boy | det |
| 4 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 presented | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 presented | cc |
| 10 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 presented | aux |
| 11 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 took | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 presented | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 suit | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 suit | det |
| 15 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 suit | amod |
| 16 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 presented | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 clothes | case |
| 18 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 16 suit | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 given | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 given | cc |
| 21 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 presented | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 given | iobj |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 given | obj |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 wanted | nsubj |
| 25 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 all | acl:relcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 eat | mark |
| 27 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 wanted | xcomp |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 drink | cc |
| 29 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 eat | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 handed | punct |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 handed | nsubj |
| 32 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 handed | obj |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 sum | det |
| 35 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 sum | amod |
| 36 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 handed | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 money | case |
| 38 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sum | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 went | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 went | cc |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 went | nsubj |
| 42 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 way | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 way | nmod:poss |
| 45 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 went | obl |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 plight | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 plight | det |
| 48 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 49 better | advmod |
| 49 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 50 plight | amod |
| 50 | plight | plight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 went | obl |
| 51 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 56 arrived | mark |
| 52 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 56 arrived | mark |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 arrived | nsubj |
| 54 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 arrived | aux |
| 55 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 56 arrived | advmod |
| 56 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 went | advcl |
| 57 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 arrived | advmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Mistress | the Boy | the house | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme into house=Destination | |||
| 2 | present | gerund · perfect | Mistress not said here | Boy | with a new suit of clothes | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with suit=Theme | |||
| 3 | give | participle | Mistress not said here | all | Boy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient all=Theme | |||
| 4 | want | past | Boy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | eat not said to happen | to-infinitive | Boy not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | drink | infinitive | Boy not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | hand | past | Mistress | a large sum of money | Boy | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination sum=Theme | |||
| 8 | go | past | Boy | Boy's way | in a better plight | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | |||
| 9 | arrive | past · perfect | Boy | there | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 10 | sum | money | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=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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