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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 28

Meanwhile the Boy, who had listened attentively to the colloquy of the Ravens overhead, went straight off to hunt for the house where the Lady was suffering from pains in her ear, and he decided in his own mind to make this another opportunity for displaying his magical powers.

Who acts: Boy, Lady, opportunity · What happens: listen, go, hunt, suffer, decide, make · To what, where: pains, own mind, this, magical powers

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

advmoddetnsubjpunctnsubjauxacl:relcladvmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodadvmodpunctadvmodadvmodmarkadvclcasedetobladvmoddetnsubjauxaclcaseoblcasenmod:possoblpunctccnsubjconjcasenmod:possamodoblmarkadvclobjdetobjmarkaclnmod:possamodobjpunctrootMeanwhileADVtheDETBoyPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXlistenedVERBattentivelyADVtoADPtheDETcolloquyNOUNofADPtheDETRavensPROPNoverheadADV,PUNCTwentVERBstraightADVoffADVtoPARThuntVERBforADPtheDEThouseNOUNwhereADVtheDETLadyPROPNwasAUXsufferingVERBfromADPpainsNOUNinADPherPRONearNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONdecidedVERBinADPhisPRONownADJmindNOUNtoPARTmakeVERBthisPRONanotherDETopportunityNOUNforSCONJdisplayingVERBhisPRONmagicalADJpowersNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MeanwhilemeanwhileADV_17 wentadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Boydet
3BoyBoyPROPNNumber=Sing17 wentnsubj
4,,PUNCT_7 listenedpunct
5whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 listenednsubj
6hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 listenedaux
7listenedlistenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 Boyacl:relcl
8attentivelyattentivelyADV_7 listenedadvmod
9totoADP_11 colloquycase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 colloquydet
11colloquycolloquyNOUNNumber=Sing7 listenedobl
12ofofADP_14 Ravenscase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 Ravensdet
14RavensRavenPROPNNumber=Plur11 colloquynmod
15overheadoverheadADV_7 listenedadvmod
16,,PUNCT_3 Boypunct
17wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
18straightstraightADV_19 offadvmod
19offoffADV_17 wentadvmod
20totoPART_21 huntmark
21hunthuntVERBVerbForm=Inf17 wentadvcl
22forforADP_24 housecase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 housedet
24househouseNOUNNumber=Sing21 huntobl
25wherewhereADVPronType=Rel29 sufferingadvmod
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 Ladydet
27LadyLadyPROPNNumber=Sing29 sufferingnsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 sufferingaux
29sufferingsufferVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 houseacl
30fromfromADP_31 painscase
31painspainNOUNNumber=Plur29 sufferingobl
32ininADP_34 earcase
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 earnmod:poss
34earearNOUNNumber=Sing29 sufferingobl
35,,PUNCT_38 decidedpunct
36andandCCONJ_38 decidedcc
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 decidednsubj
38decideddecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 wentconj
39ininADP_42 mindcase
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 mindnmod:poss
41ownownADJDegree=Pos42 mindamod
42mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing38 decidedobl
43totoPART_44 makemark
44makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf38 decidedadvcl
45thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem44 makeobj
46anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind47 opportunitydet
47opportunityopportunityNOUNNumber=Sing44 makeobj
48forforSCONJ_49 displayingmark
49displayingdisplayVERBVerbForm=Ger47 opportunityacl
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 powersnmod:poss
51magicalmagicalADJDegree=Pos52 powersamod
52powerspowerNOUNNumber=Plur49 displayingobj
53..PUNCT_17 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1listenpast · perfectthe Boyto the colloquy of the Ravens; attentively, overhead propertyvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to colloquy=Theme
2gopastthe Boymeanwhile, off propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3huntto-infinitivethe Boy not said herefor the housevn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for house=Theme
4sufferpast · progressivethe Ladypainsin Lady's earvn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5decidepastBoyBoy's own mindvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6maketo-infinitiveBoy not said herethisanother opportunity objvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset this=Beneficiary opportunity=Product
7displaygerundanother opportunity not said hereBoy's magical powersvn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
8mindBoynom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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